Like Greece in the euro zone, Stockton represents a difference of degree, not of kind.
We must realize that the magnitude of the problem now is sufficiently larger than in the past to constitute a difference in kind rather than merely a difference in degree.
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But the main difference is the degree of choice that their rights-management offers.
There would be a 180 degree difference in that they might be able to take advantage of opportunities available today instead of being taken down and having to rebuild their financial lives.
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The only difference is to what degree that aid should be conditional or unconditional.
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As the railway lines have been upgraded over the years, the price differences between rural and London housing have shrunk and as that example shows, you can actually calculate the price difference to a fair degree of accuracy.
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The game that they would play in the pros would also be different from the game they were playing in college, but the difference was merely one of degree.
Unless your student is in the top 1% or so of the Genius League, it makes little difference if he earns a degree from a fancy school or the Podunk State U--and even then it may be irrelevant.
And to some degree they work, though they make no difference once you blow through the deductible.
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But with this difference: The Nadimpallis own the stocks directly and get a degree of customization and a sense of control not available to mutual fund owners.
He took the view that the difference between matters of fact and matters of meaning is only of degree, not of kind.
The difference is even more pronounced when the proactive job seeker has a college degree.
That small difference grows considerably when you take into account that a community-college degree is a fraction of the cost of a bachelor's degree and that these students enter the workforce two years earlier.
For starters, consider the fact that the degree of market failure varies from region to region: the difference between the price of water and its true marginal cost must be higher in dry places than wet ones.
To be clear, this is the projected difference between what a kid can earn over a lifetime with a college degree from one of the Top 25 football schools and what he would have earned had he chosen not to go to college.
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The difference between college and any education (even a great education) is a degree.
That, Klein emphasized, is the basic difference between the easier job opportunities for dropouts in an age when a high school degree was not necessary for a starting position.
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This can make a difference in urban areas: Cities during the summer season tend to be about 1 degree Celsius warmer during the day and as much as 6 degrees Celsius warmer at night, according to the New Scientist.
Take a well-known statistic: As recently as the 1970s, there was little difference in the lifetime earning potential between a high school grad and a four-year-college degree holder.
While a bachelor degree may not guarantee getting that first job sooner than later, it can certainly make the difference when it comes to advancing to managerial positions or moving across occupations.
To a certain degree picture and sound quality are important to everyone, but some can't tell the difference between HBO HD and DVDs and they sure won't be able to see the difference between HD DVD and Blu-ray.
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