Five years later he went to Gottingen University in Germany as an exchange student, majoring in Sanskrit and lesser-known ancient languages like Pali.

5年后，他以交换生身份前往德国哥廷根大学深造，主修梵文和极为生僻的巴利语等古代语言。

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In particular, the level of public debt remains too high in Italy, Belgium and Greece, and to a lesser extent in France and Germany (see chart 3).

尤其在意大利，比利时和希腊，公债始终处于较高水平。在法国和德国则相对较低。

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And despite the opposition of France and, to a lesser extent, Germany, Mr Bush has done better with other European power-brokers.

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On a lesser scale, the same is true for companies in Germany and France.

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The idea that a legalised symbolic cut would be the lesser of two evils is not new: it was discussed and rejected in Germany and the Netherlands, for example.

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