To Amarin, NCE status can mean the difference between three and roughly five years of patent protection for Vascepa.

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But the difference from the status quo was not really that great.

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"There's no difference in the moral status" of a pre-ban embryo and a postban one.

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For those with immense financial wealth who have done little to make a difference, you are hereby relieved of your billionaire status.

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That their children will be denied legal status at some point in the future will make no palpable difference to folks confronting a life-and-death situation now.

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Still others have tried to split the difference by arguing for a permanent noncitizen legal-resident status for illegal immigrants and their offspring, on the German and French model.

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Only you can make a difference in your unequal salary, promotional opportunities, income, wage and career status.

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The difference, today, the experts say, is that security has reached top priority status as airlines bid to regain the public confidence -- and stay financially solvent.

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The researchers conclude that this difference cannot be accounted for by increases in food intake or other lifestyle factors such as socioeconomic status, smoking or alcohol.

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Forest's near neighbor Leicester City, another club to have lost top-flight status in recent years, is now owned by a Thai group -- but Chadwick says there is a big difference in their earning potential.

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