Question:
S1: And if we don 't do this , innocent people on the ground are going to die , too . "
S2: Crews are told : " If we don 't do this , innocent people on the ground are going to die " , he said .
Are S1 and S2 the same?
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yes

QUES: Mr. Parsons has been director of the Stennis Center , which specializes in rocket engine research and testing , since August .

Mr. Parsons has served as the director at the Stennis Space Center , which employs 4,600 people , since August .

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

[Q]: French Foreign Minister Dominique de Villepin was scheduled to arrive Sharm el-Sheikh on Wednesday .

The French Foreign Minister , Dominique de Villepin , is also expected to attend .

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[A]: yes

Problem: Wwo sentences:
Steverson said Williams was known as a racist who did not like Blacks .
Steverson said Williams , who was white , was a racist .
Do they have the same meaning? OPTIONS:
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- yes

Answer: no

Here are two sentences:

But the settlement also defers any payment to investors , potentially for years , until the securities lawsuits against the brokerage firms are resolved .

Any payment to investors will be delayed , potentially for years , until the securities lawsuits against the brokerage firms are resolved .
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yes

Q:
Do these sentences have the same meaning?
Mahmud was seized near Tikrit , the area from which he and Hussein hail , about 90 miles north of Baghdad , U.S. military officials said Wednesday night .
Mahmud was seized near Tikrit , the area from which he and Saddam hail , about 150 kilometres north-west of Baghdad , US military officials said .

OPTIONS:
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- yes
A:
yes