In due course this error brings our hero to a point where, if he manages to survive the sulphurous oxide and violent sandstorms of Vesuvius, he will almost certainly be murdered.

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One of course is simple data error, though after revisions this is mostly small.

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Of course, the possibility for error forever looms, never to be completely staunched.

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Of course, I get an error message on my iPad which I find most annoying, telling me that my device does not support Flash.

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She also said it would be too late to reverse course this year unless there was an actual error in the calculations.

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Of course, the financial crisis explains this massive forecasting error, but the study finds that relatively little was due to fiscal stimulus programmes in response to the downturn.

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Of course, it is far too soon to know whether the confession of error in Saldano's case will start a broad trend.

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If she had cashed a refund check issued in error, she would have been required to pay it back (with interest, of course).

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Of course, for the reasons mentioned above, this would be a windfall for the Democrats and a strategic error of major proportions for the Republicans.

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