QUES: In 2002 , the chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee took in $ 18,009 from moonlighting as a songwriter , according to his latest Senate financial disclosure .

In 2002 , Senator Trapdoor took in $ 18,009 from moonlighting as a songwriter , according to his latest Senate financial disclosure .

The sentences above mean the same or not?
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ANS: yes

[Q]: With the government grant added in , the airline earned $ 246 million , or 30 cents a share .

That was more than double the $ 102 million , or 13 cents a share , for the year-earlier quarter .

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[A]: no

Problem: Wwo sentences:
" Our policies are well-known , and I 'm not aware of any changes in policy " on Iran , Powell said .
" Our policies are well known and I 'm not aware of any changes , " Secretary of State Colin Powell said Tuesday .
Do they have the same meaning? OPTIONS:
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Answer: yes

Here are two sentences:

But it now has 600 fewer stores - about 1,500 in all - and a $ 2 billion loan to compete against bigger merchants .

It now has 600 fewer stores -- about 1,500 in all -- and a $ 2 billion loan .
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no

Q: " Clearly it is a tragic day for Americans , " he said in Washington .

" It 's clearly a tragic day for America , " Defense Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld said in Washington .

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

[Q]: Beagle 2 has no propulsion system of its own ; it is " in the hands of Mr Newton now " , as an astronaut once put it .
It is " in the hands of Mr Newton " as a US space agency ( Nasa ) astronaut once put it .
(See options at the end). If the first sentence is true, is the second one also true?
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[A]:
no