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Given a text, write a compressed version of it in a single sentence.
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Among the nominations for the NLJ's award were a number of lawyers who performed significant pro bono work that helped nonprofit organizations provide legal services to the needy.
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Many lawyers involved in pro bono work to help nonprofit organizations give legal services to the needy were nominated for NLJ's award

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The ruling elite lived on the high ground, the Yamanote ("bluffs") west and south of the castle. The artisans, tradespeople, and providers of entertainment (reputable and not so reputable) lived "downtown" on the reclaimed marshlands north and east, in the area still known as Shitamachi.
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The ruling elite lived on high ground, the Yamanote west and south of the castle. The every day workers lived downtown on the reclaimed marshlands north and east, in the area known as Shitamachi

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Julie Samples, a lawyer with the program, estimates the state's Mexican indigenous population at around 10,000 people, a dramatic increase compared to a decade ago. Most are from Oaxaca, a state of rugged mountains and extreme poverty in southern Mexico.
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Lawyer Julie Samples estimates the state's Mexican indigenous population at around 10,000 people, a dramatic increase compared to a decade ago.