Buffett's preferred measure of Berkshire's performance is the growth in its book value, which is a calculation of the company's assets minus its liabilities.
巴菲特倾向于用净资产的增长率来衡量伯克希尔公司的经营业绩，净资产指用公司的资产减去公司的负债。
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A lot of people still preferred the warm and cozy confines of AOL, and it continued to exist until it was clear that its growth was over.
后来很多人依然首选aol的热情而令人惬意的圈子，AOL持续存活，直至它的成长的结束变得明确。
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The preferred adsorption of retarders on different faces of gypsum crystal changes growth habit of dihydrate crystal and its crystal morphology.