Given a text, write a compressed version of it in a single sentence.

Q: The United States cut virtually all military links with Indonesia in 1999 after its forces were implicated in the violence that swept East Timor after that territory voted for independence.

A: The United States cut all military links with Indonesia in 1999 after its forces were implicated in the violence that swept East Timor.
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Q: Yes, the story in Lemann is well researched, indeed impressively so, but the issues are left hanging without sustained analysis, which would have been possible.

A: the story is well researched, indeed impressively so, but the issues are left hanging without sustained analysise.
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Q: Best and Worst: Tasters chose one Best and one Worst from the "flight" (as they would call it if this were a wine test).

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Tasters chose 1 Best & 1 Worst from the "flight".
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