Also prune branches growing toward the ground, high branches growing straight up and shoots growing from the base of the tree.

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He frequently invites chef friends to take over his restaurant Harry's Pizzeria for a night, and twice in the last six months, shrimp toast has taken a star turn on guest's menus once from Gabrielle Hamilton of Prune in New York, and again from Jonathan Sawyer of Cleveland's Greenhouse Tavern.

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Other species of mammal prune plants too albeit as a side-effect of eating them.

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One was the growth of in-house legal teams, pioneered by GE, who not only provide advice on routine matters but actively monitor and prune the thicket of outside lawyers that feed on every large company.

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