TASK DEFINITION: In this task, you're given a sentence and your task is to generate a simplified sentence that focuses on lexical paraphrasing from the original sentence given in the input.
PROBLEM: history the district was created in 1994 by merging the previous districts eisenberg , jena and stadtroda.

SOLUTION: the district was made in 1994 by merging old districts eisenberg , jena and stadtroda.

PROBLEM: william j. " bill " bowerman -lrb- february 19 , 1911 – december 24 , 1999 -rrb- was an american track and field coach and co-founder of nike , inc.

SOLUTION: william j. " bill " bowerman was an american track and field coach and co-founder of nike , inc.

PROBLEM: in modern days , joss sticks can be used for any purpose , such as to enhance the smell of a room , or to light fire crackers.

SOLUTION:
joss sticks can be used to enhance the smell of a room or to light firecrackers.