With some smaller community hospitals, a diet program can mean the difference between profit and loss.

Repairing a broken leg could, in a bad month, make the difference between profit and loss.

Half a dozen Martians could make the difference between profit and loss.

It covers the tragic gray area between love and loss.

For many teams, the playoff gate receipts can mean the difference between profit and loss.

These hours around the edges of the prime dining times can often make the difference between profit and loss.

Usually there is a fine balance between the build up and loss of ozone.

The producers, who own the programs, said the new foreign bonanza had meant the difference between profit and loss for them.

"There is no direct tie between loss of container manufacturing jobs and a bottle bill."

That could easily make the difference between profit and loss on my investment in No. 534.