But really, for 99% of the population this is a distinction without a difference.

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This is a distinction without much difference in the current context.

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That might sound to you like a distinction without a difference.

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Mr. LARRY PRATT (Director, Gun Owners of America): Well, that's a distinction without a difference, to go after an ammunition ban, say well, that's not a gun.

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In practice, it is a distinction without a difference.

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Looking at deficits, a dollar is a dollar is a dollar, so whether the burden that is government is financed by incoming revenues or through borrowing is to make a distinction without a difference.

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This isn't a distinction without a difference.

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"It's a distinction without a real difference, " Mr. Mierzwinski says.

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So while Bush sounds like he's proposing substantial cuts in nuclear force levels, it could be a difference without much distinction.

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Yes, I know to most people a difference without a distinction but it is important given that the piece is saying about rare earth prices.

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As a strategy consultant, I get to know companies for a living, and I meet all kinds: Many try to coast along without much difference or distinction.

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