In modern companies and democracies, power is increasingly diffused and traditional hierarchies are being undermined, making soft power ever more important.

在现代企业和民主国家，权力正日益分散，传统的等级制度正被削弱，这使得软实力变得更加重要。

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Historically estranged, the two secular democracies have enjoyed warming relations in the past decade.

历史上虽有疏远，但两个民族国家在过去十年的关系回暖。

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In the domestic debates of some rich democracies, things are shifting already.

一些富国国内讨论的内容也在悄然发生着变化。

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Still,murder rates in the United States have generally been among the highest among Western democracies since the middle of the nineteenth century.

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People living in democracies are generally significantly happier than people living in dictatorships.

生活在民主制度下的人通常明显,比生活在独裁制度下的人更快乐。

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Is that type the common man ? is it found in democracies; those of acquired taste and money as in aristocracies; the warrior; ? or even the priest as in theocracies?

那属于一般大众类型吗,存在于民主之中吗;,或是存于那些得体且富有的,如贵族，战士或甚至是神父中;,如同神权政治吗？

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Open data initiatives are happening in democracies around the world at all levels of government.

FORBES: Big Data Opens Governments And Fosters Innovation

In fact, candidates in democracies across the globe will likely benefit from cloud strategies.

FORBES: How a 2012 Presidential Campaign Ran on Amazon's Cloud

In democracies with proportional representation (as in continental Europe), maps are not very important.

ECONOMIST: Election boundaries