Ultimately, it the difference between seeking the carrot or avoiding the stick, dressed up in psychological garb.

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There is a basic (and constitutional) difference between seeking more power for all ten provinces, seen as equals with each other, and the French-Canadian view, not confined to secessionists, that today's Canada was born of a compact between two equal peoples, French-speakers and English (a minority until around 1850), which has since been repeatedly upset.

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At first, Megan and Michael took the difference in stride, seeking programs that would help Jacob acquire language and find a place in the hearing world.

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Now Merck and Schering-Plough are seeking to prove there is a difference between Merck's old drug, which will be available in generic form in 2006, and their new one.

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The categories may sometimes overlap, yet there is a real difference between an economic migrant seeking a better life and a political migrant hoping for refuge from war or persecution.

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In consensus-seeking Japan, that fact could make the difference.

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If the allegations proved unsubstantiated, we have to consider how scandals of this nature will prevent quality individuals from seeking political office in order to truly make a difference.

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The difference is that some of the chefs are seeking to make a business or career out of their sales on Gobble.

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Freeh's highly publiclized difference of opinion with Attorney General Janet Reno over the issue of seeking an independent counsel to investigate the president's and vice president's fund-raising activities has certainly influenced the way the White House views Freeh.

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