instruction:
Given a text, write a compressed version of it in a single sentence.
question:
The savings are counted in more ways than dollars and cents, however.
answer:
Savings are counted in more than $ & C, however.

question:
Then again nobody attending an open house to discuss legal aid funding and service issues in the state knew exactly what Thomas A. Balmer went through to give a speech on the subject.
answer:
Nobody involved in legal aid funding and service issues in the state knew Thomas A. Balmer's struggle in giving a speech on the subject.

question:
"The foregoing is not very important, but it does show what can happen when a person keen on words is let loose."
answer:
Foregoing shows what happens when a person keen on words is let loose.