• Second, enlist an army of global intellectuals to manufacture a smokescreen of respectability for a governing philosophy that extols the virtues of equality and sacrifice, despite the fact that it delivers the equality of poverty and the sacrifice of self respect.

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  • You will remember the summit began with talk of the Chinese running to the rescue of the euro, despite the fact that the eurozone countries are roughly eight times richer than China.

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  • However, the President chose to veto many of these laws despite the fact that his own party was part of the discussion.

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  • Several of the inconsistencies and trading contradictions that Cramer perceives in the markets include the price of oil, the stabilization of the euro, the fact that European banks remain high despite financial problems, the price of gold, the stabilization of copper prices, and the fact that American companies doing business in European have not seen much weakness in the stock market.

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  • The entire left, extreme and moderate in the region admired Chavez and saw him as a key in the regional integration of the continent despite the fact that conservative governments in Latin America also supported regional integration.

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  • Online-only retailers are exploiting a massive loophole by not collecting the sales tax at the point of purchase despite the fact that the tax is still due.

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  • So, what the Congress wants to do is to correct that Supreme Court decision - the results of the Supreme Court decision, so that people can file claims of discrimination despite the fact that they've occurred over a long period of time and they didn't know that they were actually being discriminated against.

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  • He even managed to disparage the previous Administration's response to the financial crisis--citing its costly blunders and lack of transparency--despite the fact that he played a central role as president of the Federal Reserve Bank of New York.

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  • The October 23rd earnings report contained little in the way of evidence of any end to the gloom, despite the fact that the company hit its goals of adding new subscribers, signing up 1.2 million in the United States and nearly as many overseas during the just-ended quarter.

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  • But note that lock-in is inefficient (that is, it is a kind of market failure) only if the inferior product survives despite the fact that the benefits of switching would exceed the costs.

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  • And of course, despite the fact that any number of governments, (Egypt and Jordan come to mind), and rival terrorist organizations, (Fatah, anyone?) had ample reason to wish to see Mabhouh dead, Dubai's police chief Lt.

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  • In addition, the assumed price of silver in the 2012 report is more than 300% higher than in the 2011 report, despite the fact that the price of silver has actually fallen substantially since then.

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  • Despite the fact that application of the business death penalty has been relatively rare the prospect has scared investors and businesses out of the state.

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  • Reilly blamed his predicament on the benefits system, saying authorities claimed to have lost three copies of the same form despite the fact that they had been signed for.

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  • Facebook says it was "testing" the feature and that it had not become a formal part of the site, despite the fact that it was available online on Monday.

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  • General Motors, Ford and DaimlerChrysler were holding out, despite the fact that one of the company's main investors and advisers was an ex-chief executive of a major car manufacturer in Detroit.

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  • By that time, despite the fact that half of the game was yet to be played, many of those commenting on Twitter were jokingly wondering if Notre Dame would come out of the locker room for the second half.

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  • The other thing to happen two weeks in a row that could also become a trend is that -- despite the fact that four of the top ten titles are also available on Blu-ray -- not one HD DVD made the list.

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  • No, instead we indict BPA. Rather than go nutso about all the phytoestrogens in infant formula, we blame the liner of the can, despite the fact that the difference in exposure from the two sources is sometimes impossible to calculate because human BPA levels are often too low to measure.

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  • The government of Argentina has held Israel responsible for the failure of the peace process in the Middle East, despite the fact that Israel offered far reaching compromises on at least three occasions, and the Palestinians rejected all of them without providing acceptable alternatives.

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  • Most companies do not actually manage their contracts during the term of those agreements despite the fact that key provisions need to be monitored.

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  • Atlanta Falcons quarterback Michael Vick has been tried again and again in the court of public opinion despite the fact that he pleaded not guilty to federal dogfighting conspiracy charges.

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  • But and I do write this objectively it is one of the finest exhumations of funk music yet, despite the fact that it centers on two states best known for bluegrass.

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  • The people of Haiti were not sufficiently engaged with those projects, despite the fact that experts have known for a long time of the need for them to be deeply involved if the programs are to be effective.

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  • "We are not allowed off of the boat despite the fact that we have no way to use the restrooms onboard, " Jonathan Evans of Reidsville, North Carolina, said in an e-mail early Thursday.

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  • "We are not allowed off of the boat despite the fact that we have no way to use the restrooms on board, " Jonathan Evans of Reidsville, North Carolina, said in an e-mail early Thursday.

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  • This, despite the fact that over half of the cerrado has already been converted far more than the Amazon rainforest.

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  • That's despite the fact that the Bank of England is supposed to be in charge of monetary policy now, not the Chancellor.

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  • Despite the fact that the pace of drone strikes slowed considerably from 2010 to 2011, the number of strikes last year still ranked as the second-highest annual count since the drone program began.

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  • The move suggests that the West African country is serious about holding the ballot, despite the fact that the capital of one of the country's northern provinces remains under the control of a rebel group.

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