"Then we tell them to follow some new rules for living that will decrease their chances of ending up dead or in prison and increase their chances dramatically of staying alive and free."

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Would it increase or decrease z effective?

它将变大还是变小呢？

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So would you expect, therefore, as we go across a row for the atomic radius, to increase or to decrease? Good. OK, yes.

那么大家觉得，原子半径沿着某一行向右走，是会增大还是会减小呢？很好，不错，是的。

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The return, of course, in any given time period is the percentage increase in the portfolio; or, it could be a negative number, it could be a decrease.

当然了，收益率是一定时间内,投资组合的增长率;,也可能是一个负数，表示负增长。

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