But while exasperation may have reared its head briefly, it was more than mitigated by the profuse apologies next morning by the collected serving staff, who hobbled up at my cottage door to prostrate themselves over the unfortunate mix-up in my dining order.

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When Kimberly Coffaro, 24, walks into Cafe Fina with her Labrador-and-chow mix Zeus, she asks for an order of fried calamari and a separate plate.

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To be sure, as a normal course of business, banks frequently buy back and reissue debt in order to manage their funding and ensure they have a mix of short-term and long-term borrowings.

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In public-service reform, for example, the main idea is to increase the introduction of market forces in order that those who commission services may choose from a mix of competing state, private and third-sector providers.

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