TASK DEFINITION: Given a text, write a compressed version of it in a single sentence.
PROBLEM: "[It is with the deepest regret that we announce the sudden death, on 28 May 1996, of our friend Professor Greenbaum, while on a speaking engagement in Moscow.]"

SOLUTION: "We deeply regret that on May 28,1996, while on a speaking engagement in Moscow, Professor Greenbaum died suddenly."

PROBLEM: Now, if I were chatting with Al Gore outside that movie theater on Connecticut Avenue at this moment, we'd be stuck in a massive snowdrift.

SOLUTION: Now, if we are chatting with Al Gore at the theater on Connecticut Ave we would be in a snowdrift.

PROBLEM: Thank you for your service and financial support of the Indianapolis Museum of Art! Your investment continues the high quality of all aspects of the Museum and makes new achievements possible.

SOLUTION:
Thank you for the financial support of the Museum of Art! Your investment makes new achievements possible.