TASK DEFINITION: Given a text, write a compressed version of it in a single sentence.
PROBLEM: The ethics panel, to which evidence from the criminal case was forwarded, concluded its review just as Torricelli is gearing up his campaign for re-election against the Republican candidate, Douglas R. Forrester. After months in which polls showed Torricelli well ahead of his relatively unknown Republican rival, the contest has narrowed in recent weeks.

SOLUTION: The ethics panel,concluded its review just as Torricelli is gearing up his campaign for re-election against the Republican candidate. After months in which polls showed Torricelli had a lead, the contest has narrowed in recent weeks.

PROBLEM: The local bar paid $5 for the building, which sits between a redeveloped office building and an antique shop. The local bar said it would maintain the building for "legal services to indigent residents of Charleston County and coastal South Carolina," the records said.

SOLUTION: The bar paid $5 for the building, sitting between an office building and antique shop. The bar said it would keep the building for "legal services to residents of coastal South Carolina."

PROBLEM: "ALL OF THESE PEOPLE RECEIVED MUCH-NEEDED HELP, BECAUSE PEOPLE LIKE YOU GAVE TO UNITED WAY OF CENTRAL INDIANA."

SOLUTION:
"ALL OF THESE PEOPLE RECEIVED MUCH-NEEDED HELP, BECAUSE PEOPLE LIKE YOU GAVE."