"I think a film like this can make a difference by raising people's awareness of not only the problems that are out there, because a lot of films are gloom and doom, but solutions that are out there.

VOA: special.2009.03.25

That's the Fairtrade Foundation's idea behind this "tea dance" - letting people know they can choose products that will make a difference half a world away.

VOA: standard.2010.03.10

She says it's also gratifying to be able to make a difference.

VOA: standard.2010.03.29

Alexander said the Obama administration's proposed subsidies for solar, wind and agricultural energy development will not make much difference, since those forms of energy provide less than two percent of America's electricity.

VOA: standard.2009.04.25

"With this blockade against building materials, it seems hard to see how America's pledge of $10 million is going to make any difference unless, because of the close relationship between America and Israel, there's some kind of agreement that this $10 million for UNRWA schools in Gaza will go through."

VOA: standard.2010.06.17

"They remain treated as temporary migrants and, without that piece of paper, some form of identification, they are not able to access many of these government schemes that exist now, that have large funds behind them and could actually make a huge difference in poor people's lives,"

VOA: standard.2009.09.24

Some want an independent review. And the trial's researchers, like Dr.Nelson Michael, of the Walter Reed Institute of Research in the United States, say it's unclear what difference the findings will make for areas like Africa where rates of HIV/AIDS are much higher than among the test population and where there are many strains of the virus.

VOA: standard.2009.10.20