QUES: A spokesman for the U.S. Attorney 's Office was not available for comment .

A spokesman for the United States Attorney 's office in Manhattan had no comment .

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

[Q]: That state will not emerge until the interim government decides on a process for writing a new constitution and for holding the first democratic elections .

That state will not emerge until the interim government decides on a process to write a new constitution and to hold the first democratic elections .

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[A]: yes

Problem: Wwo sentences:
Associated Press Writer Sara Kugler contributed to this report from New York City .
Associated Press Writer Michael Gormley contributed to this report from Albany .
Do they have the same meaning? OPTIONS:
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- yes

Answer: no

Here are two sentences:

Hurricane warnings were posted Friday along parts of the lower Texas coast as Tropical Storm Erika sped across the Gulf of Mexico and headed for landfall .

One month after Hurricane Claudette pounded Texas , hurricane warnings were posted Friday along parts of the coast as fast-moving Tropical Storm Erika churned across the gulf .
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no

Q: His birth on 4 May is revealed today in the journal Science .

The scientists ' research is being published today in the journal Science ( www.sciencemag.org ) .

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

[Q]: Forty to 50 years ago , the ratio was 3 to 1 , Kessler said , and 10 years ago , it was 2 to 1 .
Forty to 50 years ago , the ratio was about 3-to-1 , Kessler said , and 10 years ago , it was about 2-to-1 .
(See options at the end). If the first sentence is true, is the second one also true?
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- yes

[A]:
yes