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Yet it is still a long way from doing the more delicate tasks, like using a pair of scissors or picking up smaller, more fragile objects.

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The reason greater dispersion doesn’t lead to more successful stock picking is that, in addition to increasing the number of stocks beating the market, it also increases the number that are lagging.

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With community activities like apple picking, outdoor concerts, street festivals and walking tours, seizing the day is easy when visiting Gettysburg in the fall.

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Lockhart first shot to prominence on Broadway in the 1940s, picking up a newcomer Tony Award for her role in For Love or Money, before transitioning into film and TV.

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Hendra's group is picking up another another passenger in Bristol, so I part ways with them here, wish them well and set off into town to meet fans who are flying to the North East.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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