Sentence 1: In July 1995, in anticipation of the funding cutbacks, LSC initiated the broad outlines of its state planning process to highlight strategies by which programs could stretch scarce federal dollars to help ensure that all low-income clients have an equal opportunity to receive the most accessible, effective legal assistance possible.

Sentence 2: The LSC wanted to help low-income clients receive legal assistance because of bad press the department received in the past.
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Answer: it is not possible to tell

Sentence 1: but not if we simply add yet another program on top of all of the existing regulations.

Sentence 2: Existing regulations may be added to.
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Answer: yes

Sentence 1: Critics' principal target is the company's policy of pegging doctors' investment returns to profits at Columbia/HCA-affiliated institutions.

Sentence 2: Critics aim at the company's policy of pegging doctors' investment returns to profits.
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Answer:
yes