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

[EX Q]: With a population of some three million, Yokohama no longer sits in Tokyo's shadow. In many respects, in fact, it is the more cosmopolitan city, preferred by many residents of the greater metropolitan area as a place to live and work.
[EX A]: With a population of 3 million, Yokohama no longer sits in Tokyo's shadow. It is the more cosmopolitan city, preferred by many residents as a place to live and work.

[EX Q]: "As further ammunition to support my bulletproof contention that our language is loaded with guns and cannons, I'll conclude by gunning for items that have the word gun in them."
[EX A]: "As further ammunition supporting our language being gun-filled, I'll conclude by gunning for items with the word gun."

[EX Q]: Scaolding provides parents and teachers with a sensible solution to the often-raised dilemma: Is it better to be directive or nondirective when helping children learn? As the scaolding concept shows, this question has no pat answer.
[EX A]:
Scolding provides a solution to the dilemma: Is it better to be direct or indirect when helping children learn? Scolding concept shows this has no pat answer.