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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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The 1950s was the decade that started on January 1 , 1950 , and ended on December 31 , 1959 .
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The 1950s ( pronounced " nineteen-fifties " ; commonly abbreviated as the fifties ( among other variants ) ) was a decade of the Gregorian calendar that began on January 1 , 1950 , and ended on December 31 , 1959 .


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A chocolate chip cookie is a drop cookie from the United States .
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A chocolate chip cookie is a drop cookie that originated in the United States and features chocolate chips or chocolate morsels as its distinguishing ingredient .


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However , the loss of four large fleet carriers , and over 40 % of the carriers ' aircraft mechanics and technicians , plus the flight-deck crews were very damaging to the Japanese carrier fleet .
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The loss of four large fleet carriers and over 40 % of the carriers ' highly trained aircraft mechanics and technicians , plus the essential flight-deck crews and armorers , and the loss of organizational knowledge embodied in such highly trained crews , were still heavy blows to the Japanese carrier fleet .