TASK DEFINITION: Given a text, write a compressed version of it in a single sentence.
PROBLEM: It would be the highest-level contact between the United States and North Korea since President Bush took office.

SOLUTION: It would be the highest-level contact b/t the US and North Korea since Bush began.

PROBLEM: You can be a part of it all! Join the Friends of Herron and get the inside scoop on the local art scene.

SOLUTION: Get the inside scoop on the local art scene with the Friends of Herron.

PROBLEM: "Ever since The Canterbury Tales , people have been judged by their stunning ability to have their careers summed up by the A, B, and C entries in the glossary for The Canterbury Tales ."

SOLUTION:
Since the Canterbury Tales, people have been judged by their ability to have careers summed by A, B, C entries in the glossary

