They were scoured clear of soil ages ago, but one may sometimes find moss or lichens growing, though virtually no flowering plants.

很多年前这里的土壤已经被冲刷干净，实际上已找不到开花植物的踪影，但有时还能发现地衣和苔藓。

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And there's no doubt that the same party cadres that allowed Beijing's cultural flowering to happen still have the ability to smother the creative explosion if it gets out of hand.

毫无疑问，那些允许北京文化繁荣景象发生的官僚仍然有能力使这次创意大爆发胎死腹中。

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Effect of Regulated Deficit Irrigation on yield of soybean: The water stress treatments in seedling stage and flowering stage had no obvious effect on yield of soybean.

调亏灌溉对大豆产量的影响。苗期和开花期水分胁迫处理对大豆产量影响不大。

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On a later reciprocal visit, Lee in turn saw, to no surprise, that China was similarly flowering--only by an order or two of magnitude, on a Chinese scale.

FORBES: Autumn of the Tigers