[Q]: The Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries defied expectations on Wednesday and lowered its output ceiling by 900,000 barrels a day to 24.5 million barrels starting in November .

The Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries decided yesterday to lower its output ceiling by 900,000 barrels a day to 24.5 million barrels starting in November .

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[A]: no

Problem: Wwo sentences:
A base configuration with a 2.0GHz Intel Celeron processor , 128M bytes of memory , a 40G-byte hard drive , and a CD-ROM drive costs US $ 729 .
A base configuration with a 2.4GHz Pentium 4 , 128MB of RAM , a 40GB hard drive , and a CD-ROM drive costs $ 699 .
Do they have the same meaning? OPTIONS:
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Answer: yes

Here are two sentences:

That state will not emerge until the interim government decides on a process for writing a new constitution and for holding the first democratic elections .

That state will not emerge until the interim government decides on a process to write a new constitution and to hold the first democratic elections .
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yes

Q: Washington is wary of involvement , given its commitments in Afghanistan and Iraq .

The United States is wary of deep involvement in Liberia given commitments in Afghanistan and Iraq .

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

Q:
Do these sentences have the same meaning?
Wal-Mart , Kohl 's Corp. , Family Dollar Stores Inc . , and Big Lots Inc. were among the merchants posting May sales that fell below Wall Street 's modest expectations .
Wal- Mart , Kohl 's Corp. , Family Dollar Stores Inc . , and Big Lots Inc. posted May sales that fell below Wall Street 's modest expectations .

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yes

QUES: The company also earned 14 cents a share a year earlier .

A year ago , the company posted a profit of 12 cents a share .

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