In this task, you're given a sentence and your task is to generate a simplified sentence that focuses on lexical paraphrasing from the original sentence given in the input.

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tdl group announced in march 2006 , in response to a request by chief of the defence staff , general rick hillier , its commitment to open a franchised location at the canadian forces operations base in kandahar , afghanistan.

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tdl group said in march 2006 , as a reply to chief of the defence staff , general rick hillier , its promise to open a company location at the canadian forces base in kandahar , afghanistan.

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later that year , the band released their debut album , fresh fruit for rotting vegetables.

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later that year , the band released their first album , which was called " fresh fruit for rotting vegetables.

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the taiwan strait or formosa strait is a 180-km-wide -lrb- 111.85-mile-wide -rrb- strait between mainland china and taiwan.

Ex Output:
the taiwan strait -lrb- formosa strait -rrb- is a 180 km wide -lrb- 111.85 mile wide -rrb- strait between china and taiwan.