With the introduction of debit cards, money could be withdrawn from personal accounts instantaneously, leaving the individual little recourse in the event that the product or service was unsatisfactory or a billing error had occurred.

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But his first glaring error came in his second service game, when a low volley crashed into the net.

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The service certainly saves these young researchers trial and error, and therefore time and money.

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Medicare substantially improved its claims documentation, and reduced its error rate reporting in the Fee for Service portion of the program from 10.1% in FY 2004 to 5.2% in FY 2005.

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What a pity that his service should come to a premature end through the collision of personal error and a zero-tolerance culture.

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With Soderling's unforced error-count rising sharply, Federer eased through another service game and, while not needing to find top gear, he was already oozing confidence.

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While sitting there, I could not help remembering that Fermor had once sternly corrected Fleming for a tiny factual error in his novel On Her Majesty's Secret Service.

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