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

[EX Q]: For instance, Map 34 shows the areas, marked off by boundary lines, where the variants chimley chimbley, chimmock, chimdey, chimbey, and chimney occur.
[EX A]: Map 34 shows the areas, marked off by boundary lines, where six variants of the word 'chimney' occur.

[EX Q]: The LAT , NYT , and WP fronts carry the news that the federal government has indeed, as it first hinted over a week ago, decided to try to block the Lockheed-Northrop merger.
[EX A]: The LAT , NYT , and WP report that the federal government has, as previously hinted, decided to block the Lockheed-Northrop merger

[EX Q]: Throughout the centuries-old history of Mexico's Pacific Coast, this region has been both a refuge and an important point for conducting trade.
[EX A]:
Historically, Mexico's Pacific Coast has been both a refuge and an important point for conducting trade.