Timely tender top-picking of jujube new shoot on backbone branch in summer can effectively control long growth, promote thickening growth, decrease nutrition-consuming and accumulate nutrient.

对旱坡地密植枣园新生枣头的摘心试验表明：骨干枝枣头夏季适时摘心可有效地抑制加长生长，促进加粗生长，减少营养消耗，积累养分；

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In other words, you would have had a better chance of picking a top fund by literally throwing a dart at a dart board than picking a past top performer.

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In particular, Nate Silver at his New York Times blog, FiveThirtyEight, came out on top by picking presidential election results correctly in every single state.

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Another common mistake: picking top-seeded teams to fold too early.

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