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

[Q]: "The WP 's ""The Reliable Source"reports that David Duke now has an opponent in the race to fill Bob Livingston's soon-to-be-vacated congressional seat: it's--and this is really her name--Monica Monica."
[A]: "The WP reports David Duke has an opponent in the race to fill Bob Livingston's congressional seat: it's and this is really her name - Monica Monica."

[Q]: 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.
[A]: 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

[Q]: And I realized that, had Simon followed Lerner's advice and started writing musicals, we'd have had to get to the theater at 10:30 in the morning to read up on the textual footnotes.
[A]:
And I realized that we'd have had to get to the theater at 10:30 in the morning to read up on the textual footnotes.