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

Q: "I could find no useful index: though there is a list of file names, they are numerical and offer no clue as to their contents."

A: "I could find no useful index: though there is a list of file names."
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Q: The porticoed Plaza Mayor (main square), an architectural symphony in bold but balanced tones, is one of Spain's most recognizable sights. Broad arcades surround a cobbled rectangle 200 meters long and 100 meters wide (656 ft x 328 ft).

A: The porticoed Plaza Mayor (main square), an architectural symphony in bold but balanced tones, is one of Spain's most recognizable sights.
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Q: "By a curious paradox Richard Nixon was one of the very few people who emerged from the Watergate affair with credit."

A:
Richard Nixon was one of the very few people who emerged from the Watergate affair.
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