Given a text, write a compressed version of it in a single sentence.

"When Urban left for Vietnam, we'd only been married a short time," JoAnn said. " When he came home, it was harder controlling diabetes.
"When he left, we we're newlyweds," JoAnn said. "When home, it was harder controlling diabetes."

Gifts from alumni and friends, therefore, are more critical than ever. They provide scholarship dollars which aid students and enable the school to compete with other public and private law schools for outstanding young people.
Gifts from alumni and friends, are more critical than ever. They provide scholarships which aid students and enable the school to compete with other schools.

These enemies of conservation are mounting an intensive effort to weaken the Endangered Species Act ... and our ability to protect threatened and endangered species.
Enemies are mounting an effort to weeken the Endangered Species Act and our ability to protect them.