TASK DEFINITION: Given a text, write a compressed version of it in a single sentence.
PROBLEM: The battery plant, which makes rechargeable nickel cadmium and carbon zinc products, will be closed over the next year or so, a spokesman said.

SOLUTION: The battery plant will be closed over the next year or so, a spokesman said.

PROBLEM: The double eagle came close to being melted down many times. The coin once again escaped destruction when it was moved from the Treasury Department vault in 7 World Trade Center eight months before the building collapsed after the Sept. 11 terrorist attack.

SOLUTION: The double eagle coin escaped destruction again when it was moved from the Treasury Dept vault in 7 World Trade Center eight months before the building collapsed after 9/11 terrorist attack.

PROBLEM: Facing the ferry pier on the Fort-de-France waterfront is an outdoor pavilion where you might try bargaining for straw hats and baskets, conch shells, huge wooden forks, or seashell necklaces. Some of the salesladies at this colorful, soft-sell market wear traditional Martinique costumes.

SOLUTION:
Facing the ferry pier on the Fort-de-France waterfront is an outdoor pavilion where you might try bargaining for straw hats and baskets, conch shells, huge wooden forks, or seashell necklaces.