TASK DEFINITION: Given a text, write a compressed version of it in a single sentence.
PROBLEM: Seventeen evictions were delayed, giving families additional time to find new housing, Romeo said. And in three other cases, the lawyers were not able to get extensions but were able to avert judgments against the tenants.

SOLUTION: Seventeen evictions were delayed, giving families additional time to find new housing, and the lawyers weren't able to get extensions but able avert judgments.

PROBLEM: Alas for perfectly lovely words that acquire pejorative meanings over the years! Earlier in this century, pansy became a derogatory epithet to describe an effete male, thereby cheapening forever lines like Shelley's noble image in Adonais ( verse XXXIII ): His head was bound with pansies over-blown,

SOLUTION: Alas for perfectly lovely words that acquire pejorative meanings! Earlier this century, pansy became an epithet for an effete man, cheapening noble lines like Shelley's in Adonais: His head was bound with pansies over-blown,

PROBLEM: We 've made your card easier to use with features you can customize yourself more valuable with special savings programs.

SOLUTION:
We've made your card easier to use with customizable features w/ special savings programs.