TASK DEFINITION: In this task, you're given a sentence and your task is to generate a simplified sentence that focuses on lexical paraphrasing from the original sentence given in the input.
PROBLEM: interethnic tensions resulted in a horrible massacre , in which most armenians in the town of shusha perished.

SOLUTION: racial tensions resulted in horrible killings , in which most armenians in the town of shusha died.

PROBLEM: he is a member of the austrian writers ' associations grazer autorenversammlung -lrb- gav -rrb- gav members ' list , entry about klaus ebner , retrieved on 2009-02-12.

SOLUTION: he is a member of the austrian writers ' associations grazer autorenversammlung that retrieved on 2009-02-12.

PROBLEM: in 1967 , he became chairman of the spd fraction in the landtag , and in 1970 minister of science and education in the cabinet of minister president heinz kuhn.

SOLUTION:
in 1967 he became chairman of the spd fraction in the landtage and in 1970 minister of science and education in the cabinet of minister president heinz kuhn.