In this task, we ask you to rewrite a sentence in simple English without changing its general meaning. Essentially, you want to make the sentence easier to read by using simpler words, utilizing more straightforward sentence structures, and omitting non-essential information etc.

Q: The city is home to Brigham Young University-Idaho ( BYU-Idaho ) , a private institution operated by The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints ( LDS Church ) .

A: Brigham Young University-Idaho , is based in the city .
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Q: Noam Chomsky , a linguist and political scientist , surprised many by coming to the defense of sociobiology on the grounds that political radicals needed to postulate a relatively fixed idea of human nature in order to be able to struggle for a better society , claiming that leaders should know what human needs were in order to build a better society .

A: Noam Chomsky surprised many by coming to the defense of sociobiology on the grounds that political radicals need to postulate a relatively fixed idea of human nature in order to be able to struggle for a better society .
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Q: During this time , it has passed overhead ( culmination ) once and underfoot once ( at an hour angle of 00:00 and 12:00 respectively ) , so in many places the period of strongest tidal forcing is the above-mentioned , about 12 hours and 25 minutes .

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During this time , it has passed overhead once and underfoot once , so in many places the period of strongest tidal forcing is the above-mentioned , about 12 hours and 25 minutes .
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