TASK DEFINITION: Given a text, write a compressed version of it in a single sentence.
PROBLEM: Thank you for your consideration of this request. You can help make this valuable program available to many persons who are not currently benefiting from dental care.

SOLUTION: Your consideration of this request helps make this program available to many who aren't benefiting from dental care.

PROBLEM: As for essentials, hotel and dollar shops carry mineral water, soap, shampoo, and toothpaste, but many medicinal or cosmetic staples are hard to come by; it's still best to bring all you need from home.

SOLUTION: While hotels and dollar shops carry some essentials, many medicinal products are hard to find

PROBLEM: "This review is not the place to take up the cudgel against purism or spelling reform, but I could not resist adducing such apt comments as can be found in this work."

SOLUTION:
"I could not resist adducing such apt comments as can be found in this work."