Problem: Wwo sentences:
Chi-Chi 's has agreed to keep the restaurant closed until Jan. 2 - two months after it voluntarily closed following initial reports of the disease .
Chi-Chi 's has agreed to keep the restaurant closed until Jan. 2 -- two months after it voluntarily closed when the disease was first reported .
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Answer: yes

Here are two sentences:

The victim , who was also not identified , was taken to Kings County Hospital in critical condition .

The shooting victim was taken to Kings County Hospital Center , where he later died , the police said .
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no

Q: The federal and local governments remained largely shut down in the aftermath of Hurricane Isabel , as were schools , and much of the region 's transportation network was slowed .

In the aftermath of Hurricane Isabel , federal and local governments remained shut down , as did schools and many businesses .

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A: no

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Do these sentences have the same meaning?
Officials in Malawi said the five suspects had been on the CIA 's " watch list " since the twin 1998 truck bombings of U.S. embassies in Kenya and Tanzania .
Officials in Malawi said the men were on the CIA 's ' ' watch list ' ' since the twin 1998 bombings at the US embassies in Kenya and Tanzania .

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yes

input question: " People just love e-mail , and it really bothers them that spam is ruining such a good thing , " said Deborah Fallows , the Pew researcher who wrote the report .
" People just love e-mail , and it really bothers them that spam is ruining such a good thing , " said Deborah Fallows , senior research fellow with the Pew project .

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output answer: yes

Problem: Wwo sentences:
Pressure also came last night from religious circles as three Anglican bishops said it was time for their former colleague to step down .
The pressure on Peter Hollingworth to resign as Governor-General intensified last night as three Anglican bishops said it was time for their former colleague to step down .
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yes