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

Example Input: About half of the people on the court's eviction calendar failed to show up, Kaufman said, noting those people unfortunately miss out on the free legal help being offered.
Example Output: About half of the people failed to show up, noting those people unfortunately miss out on the free legal help.

Example Input: It would be the highest-level contact between the United States and North Korea since President Bush took office.
Example Output: It would be the highest-level contact b/t the US and North Korea since Bush began.

Example Input: This, President Clinton and Berger told us, was not the conclusion they needed in order to go to war or deliver an ultimatum to the Taliban threatening war. The election and change of power was not the issue, President Clinton added.
Example Output:
President Clinton told us that this was not the conclusion they needed for the Taliban threatening war.