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

When I became Comptroller General in November 1998, I committed GAO to helping the Congress address issues that will define the 21st century.
In November 1998 I committed GAO to helping Congress address issues that will define the 21st century.

Asked how to respond to a rival company's most recent gambit, the well-dressed man looks out of the window of his lavish New York office and says simply, "Napalm."
Asked how to respond to a rival's gambit, the man looks out of the window of his lavish New York office and says, "Napalm"

In helping children grasp the storytelling script (and in other ways we will take up next), make-believe play is wonderful preparation for literacy. Being able to anticipate story organization eases the task of making sense of written prose.
In helping children grasp the storytelling script, make-believe play is wonderful preparation for literacy. Being able to anticipate story organization making sense of written text.