"Our sales have skyrocketed," said George Ball, chief executive of Burpee, one of the largest vegetable-seed retailers.

“我们的销售突飞猛涨，”最大的蔬菜种子零售商之一Burpee的首席执行官乔治·波尔说。

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We have one point: Japan ball tofu, potato balls, butter, chicken's feet, lotus seed paste egg package.

我们有一个观点：日本球豆腐，土豆球，黄油，鸡的脚， 莲蓉蛋包。

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"I stayed aggressive and made sure to have an extra something on my ball, " said fifth seed Sharapova, who will face second seed Elena Dementieva of Russia in the quarter-finals.

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To get the ball rolling and generate interest in the site, Makible posted a seed project the team had been working on internally: a cheap and fast 3-D printer.

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Paul Singh, a partner at the seed stage firm 500-Startups, effectively articulates the market forces driving this investment strategy in his Money Ball presentation.

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