He had made it his business to surround himself with a hand-picked group of bright young officers.

他把确保身边有自己亲手挑选的一群聪明的年轻军官当作自己的职责。

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There may be reasons you want to pick and choose recommendations; however, be aware that the performance benefit of your hand-picked set is unknown.

也许，由于某些原因，您希望挑选建议；但是您需要弄清楚的是，您所挑选的建议集带来的性能好处是未知的。

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Goldman did not tell the purchasers that they were buying an interest in loans hand-picked by Mr Paulson, who took a very bearish view of the subprime market.

当时高盛并未告诉买家，他们在购买由保尔森亲自挑选的贷款的一部分权益，而保尔森本人对次贷市场的看法非常悲观。

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Rand Paul,a grassroots conservative activist candidate, running under the "Tea Party" banner, scored a blowout win over the hand-picked Republican establishment candidate, Secretary of State Trey Grayson.

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Dilma Rousseff, hand picked by the super popular president Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, now leads the country.

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They were, after all, hand picked.

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