It is clear that the different ways the two societies have developed fit in with their different attitudes to measure.

Not only do the major trade blocks have differences among each other, interests of developing countries are also widely diverging.

In geographically proximate regions, speech began to develop in different ways, and three dialects gradually emerged: Ukrainian, Belarusian, and Russian.

The diverging development of Shi`i Islam in Iraq and Iran in the twentieth century reflected the essentially different characters of Shi`i religion and society in the two countries.

The diverging development of Shi'i Islam in Iraq and Iran in the twentieth century reflected the essentially different characters of Shi'i religion and society in the two countries.