Given a text, write a compressed version of it in a single sentence.
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Q: Except for this small vocal minority, we have just not gotten a lot of groundswell against this from members, " says APA president Philip G. Zimbardo of Stanford University.
A: "Except for this small vocal minority, we have not gotten a lot of groundswell against this," says APA president Zimbardo.
Rationale: Both texts convey the same meaning that they have not gotten much groundswell against this except for small minority.
Q: Forty years ago, home economics courses in high schools across the country taught cooking, nutrition, and sewing to most schoolgirls. The sewing machine, in its polished wooden cabinet, was an expensive and valued wedding gift.
A:
40 years ago, home economics courses in high schools taught cooking, nutrition & sewing to schoolgirls. The sewing machine was an expensive & valued wedding gift.