Q: At the time federal investigators were looking into how CFSB allocated shares of initial public stock offerings .

A federal grand jury and the Securities and Exchange Commission were looking into how the company allocated shares of initial public stock offerings .

Please tell me if the sentences above mean the same.
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A: yes

Q:
Do these sentences have the same meaning?
The results appear in the January issue of Cancer , the American Cancer Society journal , being published online today .
The results appear in the January issue of Cancer , an American Cancer Society ( news - web sites ) journal , being published online Monday .

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yes

input question: Vanderpool said the gunmen were retaliating because the other group had taken the smugglers ' human cargo earlier .
One group had taken the other group 's human cargo earlier , he said .

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output answer: no

[Q]: We think they have the right to choose .
" We think PeopleSoft customers deserve the right to choose , " Ellison said .
(See options at the end). If the first sentence is true, is the second one also true?
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[A]: yes

Question:
S1: Officials said the data will be used to verify whether they had stayed beyond their authorized time .
S2: Officials said data will be used to verify whether travelers have exceeded their authorized stay .
Are S1 and S2 the same?
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yes

input question: Instead , Weida decided that Meester 's case on charges of rape , sodomy , indecent assault and providing alcohol to minors should proceed to a court-martial .
Douglas Meester , 20 , is charged with rape , sodomy , indecent assault , and providing alcohol to minors .

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output answer:
no