Of course we all take the postal service for granted.

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Rising interest rates would of course raise debt service costs for all borrowers, and especially the hugely indebted government.

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IBM, Oracle and, of course, Microsoft, with all its many service partners.

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He was sent on a thinking skills course - all 10 sessions - run by the probation service.

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And, of course, we all know retailers that have lost whatever hipness they had through poor service, poor listening skills and over expansion.

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Of course, I might be overlooking some other cloud vendor that delivers all the essential service at all of the three levels: software, infrastructure, and platform.

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