It is not even clear that Mr O'Neill's departure will make a significant difference in international economic policy.

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And Christopher, the underlying fact here or the assumption that conservation can make a big difference to the United States, is that a departure for this administration?

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But the departure of the attorney-general may not make much of a difference if his replacement takes a similar attitude.

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We aim to capitalize on this departure from consensus later in the year, but importantly, the difference is simply one of timing.

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The difference being, naturally, that the Algonquin survived the departure of its key members Alexander Woollcott, Dorothy Parker, Heywood Broun, Robert Benchley and all the rest.

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