[Q]: Boeing shares fell 3.5 percent to close at $ 27.62 on the New York Stock Exchange , while Lockheed slipped 1.4 percent to $ 49.50 .
Boeing shares fell 95 cents , or 3.3 percent , to $ 27.67 at 3 : 30 p.m. in New York Stock Exchange composite trading .
(See options at the end). If the first sentence is true, is the second one also true?
OPTIONS:
- no
- yes

[A]: no

Question:
S1: U.S. manufacturing growth expanded for the third straight month in September but at a slower pace , according to a report released shortly after the opening bell .
S2: US manufacturing grew for the third consecutive month in September , but at a slower rate than in previous months , according to a survey released Wednesday .
Are S1 and S2 the same?
OPTIONS:
- no
- yes
Answer:
yes

QUES: Bo Hitchcock , Levin 's attorney , declined to comment Friday .

Hitchcock has declined to comment on the case , as has Levin .

The sentences above mean the same or not?
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- no
- yes
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ANS: no

[Q]: Last year , he was forced to repay $ 3,000 in bar tabs that he and his staff incurred while he was labour minister but had originally billed to taxpayers .

Last year , Stockwell was forced to repay $ 3,000 in bar tabs that he and his staff rang up while he was labour minister .

OPTIONS:
- no
- yes
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[A]: no

Problem: Wwo sentences:
Dolores Mahoy , 68 , of Colorado Springs , Colo . , is someone who might be helped by the legislation pending in Congress .
Dolores E. Mahoy , 68 , of Colorado Springs is just the type of person who might be helped by the legislation pending in Congress .
Do they have the same meaning? OPTIONS:
- no
- yes

Answer: yes

Here are two sentences:

Voters in Cleveland Heights , Ohio , were asked to decide whether to allow same-sex couples - and also unmarried heterosexual couples - to officially register as domestic partners .

Voters in Cleveland Heights , Ohio , approved a proposal allowing same-sex couples -- and also unmarried heterosexual couples -- to officially register as domestic partners .
OPTIONS:
- no
- yes
yes