This also means that there is a lot of variation among breeds in terms of life expectancy.

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But we also know that there is going to a lot of variation.

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The fact that there is a lot more variation than usual in the rate of return you can earn investing in different parts of the economy also backs up his case.

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Politics accounts for a lot of variation.

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So with a game like Counter-Strike you have lots of calculation but not a lot of class variation.

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If such silencing and reactivation takes place in naturally occurring genes, it could account for a lot of the variation between individuals and between generations.

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And the fact that there's no tonal variation actually means that you miss a lot of the meaning of the things that he says.

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Intriguingly, however, sponsor-to-sponsor deals show a significantly lower variation in the returns they generate, making these deals a lot less risky.

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