instruction:
Given a text, write a compressed version of it in a single sentence.
question:
"Perhaps the original was most of the populous island's inhabitants and was deformed through some editorial glitch—but even Homer, it is said, sometimes nodded."
answer:
"The original was more of populous island's inhabitants and was changed through some glitch, but even Homer nodded.


question:
"“Dictionary definitions are not always helpful to the court, and slavish adherence to these should be avoided if the result is to frustrate the intention of the legislation,” he said."
answer:
He said that dictionary definitions are not always helpful, and using them should be avoided if it frustrates the legislation.


question:
Bayoumi, then 42 years old, was in the United States as a business student, supported by a private contractor for the Saudi Civil Aviation Authority, where Bayoumi had worked for over 20 years.
answer:

Bayoumi, then a 42 year old business student in the United States, was supported by a private contractor for the Saudi Civil Aviation Authority.


