Question:
S1: That compared with $ 35.18 million , or 24 cents per share , in the year-ago period .
S2: Earnings were affected by a non-recurring $ 8 million tax benefit in the year-ago period .
Are S1 and S2 the same?
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no

QUES: But butterflies exposed to an earlier light cycle , from 1am to 1pm , orientated themselves towards the south-east .

But butterflies housed under an earlier light cycle , 1 a.m. to 1 p.m. , flew toward the southeast .

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

[Q]: The virus kills roughly 36,000 people in an average year , according to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention .

Complications from flu kill roughly 36,000 Americans in an average year , according to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention .

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[A]: yes

Problem: Wwo sentences:
" They will feel themselves to be deceived and they may well dismiss legitimate evidence of the risks of this and other drugs in the future .
They will feel themselves to be deceived and they may well dismiss legitimate evidence for the dangers and risks of this and other drugs in the future . "
Do they have the same meaning? OPTIONS:
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Answer: yes

Here are two sentences:

Dennehy , 21 , hasn 't been heard from in more than two weeks , and police suspect he was killed in the Waco area .

Authorities and Baylor officials say Dennehy , 21 , hasn 't been heard from in more than two weeks .
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no

Q:
Do these sentences have the same meaning?
Available in June , Bare Metal Restore 4.6 costs $ 900 per Windows client and $ 1,000 per Unix client for new customers .
Bare Metal Restore 4.6 will be available in mid-June , said Veritas , and will cost $ 900 per Windows client and $ 1,000 per Unix client .

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yes