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.

before the second game got underway , the press agreed that the " midget-in-a-cake " appearance had not been up to veeck 's usual promotional standard.
before the second game began , the press agreed that the " midget-in-a-cake " appearance had not been up to veeck 's usual promotional standard.

the show followed the lives of a group of teenagers living in the upscale , star-studded community of beverly hills , california and attending the fictitious west beverly high school and , subsequently , the fictitious california university after graduation.
the show followed the lives of a group of teenagers living in upscale , star-studded beverly hills , california and attending the fictitious west beverly high school , with the fictitious california university after graduation.

it is the third-largest subdivision of china spanning about 1,200,000 km -lrb- 463,000 sq mi -rrb- or 12 % of china 's land area.
it is the third-largest subdivision of china spanning about 1,200,000 km a -lrb- 463,000 sq mi -rrb- or 12 % of china 's land area.