Given a text, write a compressed version of it in a single sentence.

Q: Almost all home machines are lockstitch machines. The top thread comes from a spool or cone of thread above the machine and goes through many thread guides, a thread tensioner, a take-up arm, and, finally, the needle.

A: The top thread comes from a spool of thread above the machine and goes through many thread guides, a thread tensioner, a take-up arm, and, finally, the needle.
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Q: "As each man is shot, whether he drops backward or to the side he forgets us, his own name, this place, civilization like the kiss"

A: "He forgets us, his name, and this place as each man is shot."
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Q: You know sports are getting crazy when the Olympic movement looks tainted by wretched excess and the Super Bowl is actually providing the inspirational story of the week.

A:
Sports get crazy when the Olympic movement looks tainted by wretched excess and Super Bowl is providing the story of the week.
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