In a room full of strangers, you are likely to encounter each of the personality types to a varying degree.

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And whereas both Germany and Japan had been democracies in varying degree, Iraq has been ruled by a succession of terrifying autocrats since the beginning of human history.

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After experimenting with dictatorships and communist regimes varying only in their degree of awfulness, Cambodia now has a constitutional monarchy and an elected government.

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Left-armer Johnson was varying his length with a degree of unpredictability and shortly before lunch he struck, trapping Gambhir with a delivery that Hawk-Eye showed would have missing leg stump.

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Mr Jones said he had also discussed other matters with the Prime Minister including "Wales' funding situation, in particular borrowing powers" and the progress of the Silk Commission, which is currently looking at whether Wales should have some degree of tax-varying powers.

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