Analysts think a quarter of this year's U.S. soybean crop could end up in China.

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But looking at the current crop of high-end smartphones hardly reveals a murderers' row off handheld punishers.

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This was followed by hail, which depleted the crop, and a very wet end to the summer.

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Windows Phone also takes care of most of the interface slowdowns that often crop up with typical low-end phones.

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By the end of the first decade of the 21st century, it was clear German football had a promising crop of talent and at the 2009 European under-21 championships the evidence was overwhelming.

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Young inventors have until the end of April 30th to submit their projects, and we'll learn about the very cream of the crop on September 23rd.

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But Nashville was where he brought most of his crop and because he often stayed with Joel (Eric's brother) and Deborah for weeks on end, she saw it first-hand.

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