I'm sure many people would go for it, despite the risks, even though we all know an effective and safe way to achieve the same thing is to take more exercise and eat less.

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Despite huge demand, and even though the ingredients for success are clear after two decades of experiment, extending charters' successes to the other 96% will take a long time.

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Mr. Cooperman, despite his best efforts, was thrust into this minority class even though he was born in the Bronx to a father who was a plumber and an immigrant mother.

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Yet, in spite of Mr Jolstad and Mr Kruglenko's experiences trading with Russian sawmills and oil companies during the 1980s, despite having made some money during the 2000 dot.com boom, and even though the company has been profitable during the past two years: they are still finding it hard to penetrate the lucrative North American market.

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Despite their success, entrepreneurs and investors in interactive industries have shied away from health care, even though most users believe that the existing online solutions are of no use (more than half of Internet users report that the health information they find online is of no help at all, according to a 2010 Pew Internet Study).

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Though it may look like a stylus, and despite feeling like a stylus, and even if it gives you flashbacks to your Windows Mobile days we encourage you to remember that this is not a stylus.

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Freddy Shepherd replaced him, since when, despite twice reaching the FA Cup final, the club has fallen off the pace in the Premiership, even though they have invested heavily in players like Michael Owen and Albert Luque.

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Despite the price cut, it looks like Duff will make a little bit of a profit on the home, even though median Toluca Lake home values are dropping 5.4 percent year-over-year.

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