Despite all my athletic endeavors, I haven't forgotten about the most important thing, my education.

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But like everyone else, I figured that despite all of my misgivings, after decades of success with this strategy, Oracle would pull it off yet again and become a dominant player in SaaS and the Cloud.

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Personally, the price tag puts it out of my reach despite all the attractive features.

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"The last eight months have been amongst the toughest of my life but despite all the challenges of the expedition, it has been a period I have thoroughly enjoyed, " he said.

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My employer was not prepared to keep me on for any length of time and since I left my course, I did not gain the qualification despite doing all the work for it.

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The sat phone seemed to be pretty clear at my end and, despite the howling winds outside, I think they all heard me.

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And despite all the hype and the landslide of excellent cloud based Office competitors like Google Apps, most of my 600 clients are quite happy with Office.

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