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In this task, we ask you to elaborate the sentence without changing its general meaning. You can do so by explaining further the input sentence, using more precise wording, adding qualifiers and auxiliary information etc.
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In the West ( from 1949 the Federal Republic of Germany ) , the Prussian lands went to North Rhine-Westphalia , Lower Saxony , Hesse , Rhineland-Palatinate and Schleswig-Holstein .
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In the Western Zones of occupation , which became West Germany ( officially , the Federal Republic of Germany ) in 1949 , the former Prussian territories were divided up among North Rhine-Westphalia , Lower Saxony , Hesse , Rhineland-Palatinate and Schleswig-Holstein .


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The Weinstein brothers ran Miramax separately of other Disney companies .
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During their tenure , the Weinstein brothers ran Miramax independently of other Disney subsidiaries , and as a result had more autonomy than the other Disney-owned companies .


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Dog fighting is a blood sport that involves several dogs fighting at one time ; sometimes many dogs are involved .
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Dog fighting is a type of blood sport generally defined as two or more game dogs against one another in a ring or a pit for the entertainment of the spectators or the gratification of the dogfighters , who are sometimes referred to as dogmen .