In some of the world \ \ \ 's poorest nations, rising prices can mean the difference between getting a daily meal and going without food.

在世界上一些最贫穷的国家，价格上涨可能意味着得到一日膳食和没有食物的差别。

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Over a few decades this would amount to a minute's difference, but over several hundred years this would mean the atomic clock time-scale and the time-scale based on the Earth's rotation would be out by an hour.

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The confirmation of Richard's remains may make no difference in the royal world, but it does mean the king will finally get a proper burial.

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For one, the light that falls on your eyes is meaningless because it could mean anything, it's what we do with information that makes the difference, in how we find patterns and associate those patterns with a useful meaning.

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