Detailed Instructions: In this task, you're given a pair of sentences, sentence 1 and sentence 2. Your job is to determine if the two sentences clearly agree/disagree with each other, or if this can't be determined. Indicate your answer as yes or no respectively.
Q: Sentence 1: In Hong Kong, the South China Morning Post said in an editorial that vacillation over tax cuts had cost Hashimoto his job. Sentence 2: The South China Morning Post said that vacillation over tax cuts had was responsible for Hashimoto's promotion.
A:
yes