There can be a vast and often unbridgeable difference between the qualities of a successful CEO and those of an equally successful chief operating officer.
For anyone who finds SurePress as distracting and unnecessary as we do, that omission alone could be the difference between buying a Storm2 and a Tour when you walk into the Verizon store.
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And there may be a difference here between Senator Clinton and myself in terms of the four structures that we would leave behind.
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One customer, one deal, or one sale can sometimes be the difference between a good month and a bad one.
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Since ballplayers are not pure commodities--service time counts as much as past performance in the league's salary structure--finding those solid contributors for little money can be the difference between a decent team and a champion.
Truth be told, the difference between A Broken Consort and Skelton's solo projects can be difficult to distinguish.
For many unemployed Americans, the American Jobs Act could be the difference between finding a job, and remaining unemployed.
Will there be a clinical difference between Lipitor and its generics?
"If you looked at it and felt it you wouldn't be able to spot the difference between it and a sheet of paper, " says Skilhagen.
While there may be a difference between Australia's payroll taxes and how the term is applied in a European context, Australia's taxes are relevant in calculating the total tax wedge on wages in this country.
Only one person can win, and one clumsy nick or frisky sheep can be the difference between glory, or failure and a long trip home.
In terms of architecture and scale, arguably such a transition will be akin to the difference between setting up an isolated high desert mobile home park and building a space city with the dynamism of the Las Vegas strip.
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There could very well be a difference in efficacy between monkeys and people too.
Should Mr Branson float more companies, investors will be especially aware of the difference between a brand and an investment.
They ought to be able to tell the difference between a normal and a synthetic ETF just by looking at the fund's name.
The consensus is for it to grow by all of 0.4%, but there's going to be a big difference between the first and second half of the year.
Ms Griffiths also dismissed a suggestion from Conservative AM Darren Millar that the difference in waiting times between south and north Wales could be down to a difference in funding.
But, as with other bits of public-sector reform, voters may not be greatly enthused by the difference between a dull and complicated change proposed by the government, and an equally fiddly but more radical one being advocated by the opposition.
There was a time that was a difference between the musical and a conventional movie, be it a comedy or a drama, whatever, is that those movies didn't have that many songs in them.
Consider this: the difference between wild success and complete failure may be as small as a 3 percent difference in your performance, run out over a period of years.
The steepening difference between and short- and long-term issues could be taken as a positive, since it restores the traditional relationship.
In effect, he doesn't think MPs will be able to tell the difference between a targeted stimulus and a free-for-all.
The difference can be between a 50% tax rate and a 25%-28% tax rate, depending on the state, says Greg Brogger, cofounder and president of SharesPost.
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The Thin Line: In golf and in life, the difference between a great shot and a lost ball can be merely a few feet.
It may only be a 13-hour time difference between Beijing and New York, but most days it feels like two years.
"People need to be aware of the difference between a weight-loss challenge and a fad diet at the office, " she says.
While many of them are filed in Delaware, an increasing number are being filed in other states where judges may be less experienced at telling the difference between a meritorious case and a simple shakedown for fees.
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"That is going to be the difference, I think, between John Kerry being a good secretary of state and ... truly be a consequential, if not great, secretary of state, " Miller said.
"He's a wonderful collaborator, he's very generous and very open and was very interested in learning what the difference between a book and a movie was in terms of what the style would be, and not in the slightest precious about preserving stuff from the book, " Rudin said.
Yes, the detail must be got right, unintended consequences must be spotted and guarded against, the difference between 'solid organs' and other forms of donation must be considered, but a simple, clear framework must be maintained.
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