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

Example Input: It takes a long time for him to gain the self-confidence to work elsewhere in the community.
Example Output: It takes time for his self-confidence to work elsewhere in the comm.

Example Input: In the Texas case, reports USAT, the defendant companies have agreed to pay about $15 billion over 25 years to reimburse the state for expenses it incurred in the treatment of smoking-related illnesses.
Example Output: In the Texas case,the defendant companies have agreed to pay $15 billion over 25 years to the state for the treatment of smoking-related illnesses.

Example Input: I know it will shock you to find out that, even as we speak, Phil Coles is a member in good standing of the venerable International Olympic Committee.
Example Output:

Show your work and conclude with the exact phrasing "Therefore, the final answer is [answer]." where [answer] is just the final number or expression that solves the problem.
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I know it will shock you that Phil Coles is a member of the venerable International Olympic Committee.

