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

[EX Q]: Two popular venues for the performing arts are the Shanghai Center Theatre and the new Grand Theatre (Dajuyuan), Shanghai's answer to the Sydney Opera House.
[EX A]: 2 venues are the Shanghai Center Theatre & the Dajuyuan Grand Theatre, Shanghai's response to the Sydney Opera House.

[EX Q]: Also in Newsweek , a package of articles cheers the capture of Pol Pot--"the last monster of the 20 th century"--but notes that Cambodia is still corrupt, lawless, and scarred by Pol Pot's genocide.
[EX A]: From Newsweek, articles cheers the capture of Pol Pot--but notes that Cambodia is still scarred by Pol Pot's genocide.

[EX Q]: If there's one thing to hope for after this day on which the Nasdaq leapt over 4,000 (hardly a month after it crossed 3,000), it's that three months from now no one remembers Walt Piecyk's name.
[EX A]:
If there's one thing to hope for after this day, it's that three months from now no one remembers Walt Piecyk's name.