In your private household, you would surely prefer to pay less for more rather than the other way around, yet that would be termed an "unfavorable balance of payments" in foreign trade.

从个人角度看，你当然是喜欢付出更少，得到更多了，但这种行为在自由贸易中会被冠以“国际收支逆差”的大帽子。

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Most said students should spend less time memorizing facts and have more space for creative activities.

大多数人认为学生应该少花时间记忆事实，给创造性活动更多的空间。

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For that reason, says Mister Stephens, the more someone swears, the less of an effect the words have.

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Into My Own" . "Legend": "the youth is persuaded that he will be rather more than less himself for having foresworn the world."

进入自我“，“传奇“,“这个少年被劝诱，如果他放弃世界,他将不再是他自己“

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East Texas is right and now he's punching cows," and that was exactly right, and still I couldn't believe Gene could really have known Slim whom I have been looking for more or less for years.

是在得克萨斯州的东部，但现在他在放牛“,“这可真是太巧了“，但我仍然不能相信,吉恩真的认识细杆，这几年来我一直在找他。

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And of course, that's just fine with the closers, for whom the current paradigm means less work for more money.

FORBES: Myth Of The Closer

They plan to design one shaped like a triangle for pure crack climbing and another with less downturn for more slabby conditions.

FORBES: Design A New Foot If The Shoe Does Not Fit -- Laser Sintering a Prosthetic Leg

"If you want to pay for less speed, you'll pay for less speed and consume more, or you can pay for high speed and consume less, " Verizon Chief Financial Officer Fran Shammo said Wednesday.

WSJ: Verizon Considers Charging for Wireless Data Based on Speed