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While there is a lingering fear of a bubble—software companies may slow down their investments in data centers after they have built enough of them—recent evidence is to the contrary.

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"To the contrary, the vegetation appears to continue to deteriorate in large parts of the project area," it said.

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Secrecy, he said, “is completely contrary to how we are approaching this research.”

The prosecution said Mrs Spragg was a "forthright supporter of the conspiracy theory" that Madeleine's parents were responsible for her disappearance despite "unequivocal evidence to the contrary".

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On the contrary, it remains essential to national security and economic resilience.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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