Even though Ben Ali eventually visited Bouazizi in the hospital and said he'd create more jobs, the damage was done.

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With oil included, rising commodity and energy prices are behind the inflation worries in Europe, even though Federal Chairman Ben Bernanke says that inflation is not a threat to the U.S. economy at this time.

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On offense, even though I maligned Big Ben above, I do believe in him.

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