Mr Clinton himself is weakened even more than would be normal at the end of a second term.

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The master spinner himself was seen beaming even more vigorously than usual at the start of play.

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Even more influential, in the temperamental opinion of the Internet, than Julian Assange himself.

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He hadn't even turned 25 himself, but he'd been a star for more than half his life.

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Mr Nilekani perhaps puts more faith in the power of ideas than seems warranted, even by the evidence he himself presents.

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