The W.H.O.says most poor countries spend less than one percent of their health budgets on mental health.

VOA: special.2010.04.13

I need to spend less time at the office and more time with my family, telling the people that I love that I love them, doing the things that are important to me, spend less time worrying about getting ahead, making money,getting the plasma TV,whatever it is.

我要花更少时间在工作上，多陪陪家人，告诉我爱的人们我爱他们，做那些对我来说重要的事情，不再浪费时间担心如何获得成功，想着赚大钱，买等离子电视什么的。

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because I see people spend less money on, I don't know, restaurants and cars.

因为我见到有些人，我不知道，在去餐厅和驾车方面减少了开支，

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The loneliness spreads as neighbors who were close friends now spend less time together.

VOA: special.2010.01.06

The government will probably spend less than it thought on the financial system.

VOA: special.2009.08.28

They spend less than twenty-five percent on fund raising and administrative costs.

VOA: special.2009.11.02

They also spend less time thinking about bad experiences.

VOA: special.2010.08.03

People who bully spend less time on productive work.

VOA: special.2011.03.25

As for cost,Dr.Miller says patients with a heart pump spend less time in a hospital and have lower hospital costs than patients with severe heart disease.

VOA: standard.2010.01.27

Beyond the hiring of its own employees, Buchanan Renewable's generation of lower-cost electricity should lead to further job growth as small businesses will spend less on utilities.

VOA: standard.2009.09.13

You may have to live on less money and spend your money carefully.

VOA: special.2010.05.02

But they had less money to spend than the Republicans.

VOA: special.2010.05.27