No sovereign debt contracts provide for unilateral shortening of the repayment period based on the fact that the creditor needs its money sooner than anticipated.

在任何的国债合同中，都没有规定说由于债权人马上需要资金从而可以单方面的缩短支付期限。

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The main effect would be to spread students' repayment of debt over an even longer period typically 20 years, rather than the ten years likely under the Dearing proposals.

ECONOMIST: Universities