Returning XML from SOAP Services

I have some interest in the "It's just XML" approach to SOAP web services, especially when it comes to doing this in .NET and ASMX. Recently, Matt Powell wrote Don't return XML in string variables!, continued at Avoiding the DOM, which generated responses in the form of How to return well-formed XML from WebServices without the DOM and at request-response.com.

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