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

Q: NO PUBLIC EURONATION: A cold splash of reality from the Washington Times , insisting that poor people not be made to feel good at the expense of rich people feeling better.

A: Washington Times reports the rich gaining at the expense of the poor.
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Q: They have the financial backing of powerful special interests and the determination to ignore the will of the people of Alaska and the American public.

A: They have financial backing from special interests & ignore the will of Alaskans and the American public.
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Q: "Which of the following are from recent New York Times articles and which are a clever ruse, like those cardboard tanks the English built in World War II to trick Germans looking for plywood tanks?"

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Which of the following are from New York Times articles and are a clever ruse, like the cardboard tanks in World War II.
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