TASK DEFINITION: Given a text, write a compressed version of it in a single sentence.
PROBLEM: You can be a part of it all! Join the Friends of Herron and get the inside scoop on the local art scene.

SOLUTION: Get the inside scoop on the local art scene with the Friends of Herron.

PROBLEM: As the tax year draws to a close I would like to urge you to make a tax deductible contribution for the support of Women's Studies. We now have two accounts with the IU Foundation:

SOLUTION: As year closes I urge you to make a tax deductible contribution to support Women's Studies. We have 2 accounts with the IU Foundation.

PROBLEM: worrying sound working its way from his mouth that's not so much a mouthas a coin purse cinched tight, sewnwith the fragments of his lips--the yipping gait of breathlessness he makes, which makes no sense

SOLUTION:
worrying sound coming from his mouth that's not so much a mouth as a coin purse cinched tight, which sounds like a yipping gait of breathlessness