TASK DEFINITION: Given a text, write a compressed version of it in a single sentence.
PROBLEM: The kids can still buy cookies, chips, and ice cream at the school snack bar; federal law does not ban their lunch hour sale at schools receiving food aid.

SOLUTION: Federal law does not ban the sale of cookies, ice cream, and chips at snack bars of schools receiving food aid.

PROBLEM: With a population of some three million, Yokohama no longer sits in Tokyo's shadow. In many respects, in fact, it is the more cosmopolitan city, preferred by many residents of the greater metropolitan area as a place to live and work.

SOLUTION: With a population of 3 million, Yokohama no longer sits in Tokyo's shadow. It is the more cosmopolitan city, preferred by many residents as a place to live and work.

PROBLEM: "The language of the Beatles, what they said, what they wrote about, and first of all what they called themselves, is an important part of Western culture."

SOLUTION:
The Beatles and thier experiences are an important part of Western culture.