The atomic red pseudo-fruit at the bottom of that glass was both the literal and proverbial opposite of a cherry on top.

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Here's the bottom line: Fruit is natural.

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One bit of low-hanging fruit for achieving that goal, meanwhile, is the ability to dismiss the bottom 5% of teachers in terms of performance.

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"The bottom line is this: Food companies are ready and consumers will be able to buy fruit and grocery products over the New Year's holiday and beyond, " said John Block, former secretary of agriculture and current chief of the Food Distributors International.

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