TASK DEFINITION: Given a text, write a compressed version of it in a single sentence.
PROBLEM: Tinian Island had been captured from Japan, and the Seabees, the construction arm of the Navy, had built two large airfields.

SOLUTION: Tinian Island was captured from Japan & Seabees. The Navy built two airfields.

PROBLEM: Once more unto the breach for the warriors of 1 ' Academie Francaise in their uphill battle to preserve the purity of their native tongue.

SOLUTION: The breach for warriors of Academie Francaise in the battle to preserve purity of their native tongue.

PROBLEM: Since this linguistic-statistical study of an obsession might well prove to be an important contribution to psycholinguistics, I decided to make a larger sample of watery words, choosing the straightforward journals of Colonel Peter Egerton Warburton, who led an expedition across the western interior of Australia in 1873 - 4.

SOLUTION:
Since this study of an obsession might be an important contribution to psycholinguistics, I decided to make a larger sample of watery words. I chose the journals of Colonel Warburton, who led an expedition across the interior of Australia.