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Given a text, write a compressed version of it in a single sentence.
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The preliminary stages of the project, the only one of its kind according to its designers, are estimated at $200 million.
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designer says,one of a kind begining stages of the proect are estimated at $200 million

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With a population of some three million, Yokohama no longer sits in Tokyo's shadow. In many respects, in fact, it is the more cosmopolitan city, preferred by many residents of the greater metropolitan area as a place to live and work.
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With a population of 3 million, Yokohama no longer sits in Tokyo's shadow. It is the more cosmopolitan city, preferred by many residents as a place to live and work.

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Even officials who acknowledge a vital threat intellectually may not be ready to act on such beliefs at great cost or at high risk.
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Officials acknowledged vital threats, may not be ready to act on beliefs at great cost/high risk.