Add to this a generation of officials and politicians on both sides of the Rhine who neither studied at each other's universities nor even speak each other's language and, despite the tight institutional mesh that still ties the two together, there is a sense that the Germans no longer need the French as they once did.

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Mr. Christie hasn't divulged his weight, nor does he speak publicly about his eating habits, as Mr. Huckabee did.

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Most speak neither German nor their mother tongue well, says Volker Steffens, the school's principal.

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Nor did I want to speak about women lawyers or later, female mediators.

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He has a little sideline in providing building services for westerners in Kiev, most of whom speak neither Ukrainian nor Russian.

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Nor do we stop to speak to any of the residents.

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Coretta did not speak of the call, nor did I ask about it.

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By the way, Anderson, nor the league that allows him to coach, would speak to the Times.

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The problem is that the latter is not deflation, nor is there any decline in any price level to speak of.

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" For the record, I do not speak to my dog in baby talk, nor do I, when calling her, say, "Come to Mama.

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Yet the irony was that the manager, gung-ho as he was, did not speak any English and probably had not traveled abroad, nor was he planning to analyze the markets.

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