Here are two sentences:

IBM stock rose $ 1.75 , to $ 84.50 , on the New York Stock Exchange .

IBM shares closed up $ 1.75 , or 2.11 percent , at $ 84.50 on the New York Stock Exchange .
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yes

Q: Police warned residents on Friday not to travel alone and to avoid convenience stores and service stations stores at night .

Police advised residents Friday not to travel alone to convenience stores and to be watchful .

Please tell me if the sentences above mean the same.
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A: no

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Do these sentences have the same meaning?
An evaluation suggested there was no overall net clinical benefit in patients receiving the drug in the study , the companies said in a statement distributed by Business Wire .
An evaluation of 240 arthritis patients suggested there was no overall net clinical benefit from taking the medicine , the companies said in a statement distributed by Business Wire .

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yes

input question: " SCO has not shown us any evidence that we 've violated our agreements in any way , " IBM spokesperson Trink Guarino told internetnews.com.
" SCO has not shown us any evidence that we violated our agreements , " spokeswoman Trink Guarino said .

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output answer: yes

[Q]: Under the agreement , LendingTree shareholders would receive 0.6199 of a USAi share for each share in LendingTree .
Under the proposed stock for stock transaction , LendingTree shareholders will get 0.6199 shares of USAI common stock for each share of LendingTree common stock .
(See options at the end). If the first sentence is true, is the second one also true?
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[A]: yes

Q: Mel Gibson 's passion-stirring Biblical epic " The Passion of Christ " will open in the United States on Feb. 25 - Ash Wednesday on the Roman Catholic calendar .

Mel Gibson is negotiating with Newmarket Films to distribute his embattled Biblical epic " The Passion of Christ " in the United States .

Please tell me if the sentences above mean the same.
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no