Question:
The thorniest question, of course, What kind of service?

Does it follow that "The prickly-est question is, What kind of service?"?
Answer:
it is not possible to tell

Question:
161 "No.

Does it follow that "Yes, definitely. "?
Answer:
no

Question:
We all lived in a blast of publicity.

Does it follow that "All of us lived under the cover of anonymity. "?
Answer:
no

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Thus, the process of doing risk assessments was essential for evaluating the feasibility and cost-effectiveness of the various corrective actions considered.

Does it follow that "Risk assessments are unrelated to the corrective actions that were evaluated."?
Answer:
no