TASK DEFINITION: Given a text, write a compressed version of it in a single sentence.
PROBLEM: "When Urban left for Vietnam, we'd only been married a short time," JoAnn said. " When he came home, it was harder controlling diabetes.

SOLUTION: "When he left, we we're newlyweds," JoAnn said. "When home, it was harder controlling diabetes."

PROBLEM: Maine is one of 48 states--California and New Hampshire have opted out--spending the $50 million a year Congress allocates for abstinence education, with every $4 of federal money matched with $3 of state funds.

SOLUTION: Maine is one of 48 states spending the $50 million a year Congress allocates for abstinence education.

PROBLEM: Opposite the entrance to the Barracks is the long white building that houses the Institute of Puerto Rican Culture. A new museum is planned for this space, but in the meantime temporary art exhibitions display the best of Puerto Rican painting and sculpture.

SOLUTION:
Opposite the entrance to Barracks is a long white building that houses the Institute of Puerto Rican Culture.