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: as iraq-kuwait relations rapidly deteriorated , saddam was receiving conflicting information about how the u.s. would respond to the prospects of an invasion.

SOLUTION: as the iraq-kuwait relationship quickly became bad , saddam was getting different information about how the u.s would react to the idea of an invasion.

PROBLEM: in contrast to the hollywood portrait of schizophrenics , mentally ill people are essentially no more prone to violence than sane individuals.

SOLUTION: although hollywood portrays them as such , mentally ill people are really no more violent than sane people.

PROBLEM: to aid in the comparison of sizes of different geographic regions , areas between 1 km2 -lrb- 100 hectares -rrb- and 10 km2 -lrb- 1000 hectares -rrb- are listed below.

SOLUTION:
to help in the comparison of sizes of different geographic regions , areas between 1 km2 -lrb- 100 hectares -rrb- and 10 km2 -lrb- 1000 hectares -rrb- are listed below.