instruction:
Given a text, write a compressed version of it in a single sentence.
question:
The 1988 Amendments to the Inspector General Act of 1978 ("1978 Act") required LSC to establish an Office of Inspector General ("OIG") and extended specific provisions of the 1978 Act to LSC. Accordingly, such an office was established by and for LSC.
answer:
The 1998 Amendments to the Inspector General Act of 1978 required LSD to establish Office Inspector General, extended provisions of the act. Such an office was established by and for LSC.

question:
It would be the highest-level contact between the United States and North Korea since President Bush took office.
answer:
It would be the highest-level contact b/t the US and North Korea since Bush began.

question:
"But now that Gore is throwing elbows back in an effort to stave off Bradley's gains, the gentleman-scholar-statesman is quick to take offense."
answer:
Gore is throwing elbows back to try to stop Bradley; the gentleman is quick to be offended