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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.
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birmingham is a city in van buren county , iowa , united states.
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birmingham is located in van buren county , iowa , usa.


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later , esperanto speakers began to see the language and the culture that had grown up around it as ends in themselves , even if esperanto is never adopted by the united nations or other international organizations.
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later , esperanto speakers began to see the language and the culture that had grown up around it as ends in themselves , even if it is never used by the united nations or other international organizations.


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james howard " jim " thome -lrb- ; born august 27 , 1970 in -rrb- is a major league baseball designated hitter for the chicago white sox.
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1 . james howard " jim " thome -lrb- ; born august 27 , 1970 in -rrb- is a major league baseball designated hitter for the chicago white sox.