So even though they were not going back to Texas, they could still have obtained absentee ballots based on their last address.

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Sabahy has been critical of Egypt's relationship with Israel, even though he said he's not going to take on the Camp David peace treaty between the countries.

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Ms. CHRIS WELLS: Even though the war in Iraq is not going as this administration had hoped for, I'm sure, and it probably needs a new direction and new plans, I still think the Republicans probably hold an edge, for me anyway, on the security issue.

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You know, this notion that people are going to be, down in the Lower Manhattan, buying iPods and Italian shoes, even though that's not who's going to be doing most of it.

NPR: Comparing White House, Democratic Stimulus Plans

The private sector can do it, even though the private sector will acknowledge that they're not going to be willing to put up the costs that helped to create things like the Internet.

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So if that spouse who stays in the home, whether it's the wife or the husband, doesn't pay, even though you're not living there, you're still going to be responsible for that.

NPR: Avoiding the Financial Headaches of Divorce

All right, since I am in Chicago, even though my Press Secretary told me not to do this, I am going to call on a Chicagoan to ask a Chicago question.

WHITEHOUSE: President Obama Holds a Press Conference

"Even though (rates are) so cheap right now, if borrowers can find financing they are not going to find it anywhere close to what they had, " Mr. Viklund said.

WSJ: Commercial Property Owners Facing Higher Rates

Ms. SANDERS: Well, Farai, unfortunately, even though I'm rather tall, I've never been very coordinated so I probably am not going to go up against them in a battle.

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It is not going to seriously change the way that Britain's oldest inflation index is calculated, even though that goes against the recommendation of its own Advisory Committee and many international bodies such as the International Monetary Fund.

BBC: The ONS puts consistency first

At the same time, though, even those people were ready to admit that going on actual "dates" was full of pressure and not very enjoyable.

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