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= Solution

A trigonometric simplification avoids repeated differentiation:
$$
\frac{\tan x-\sin x}{\sin^3x}
=\frac{1-\cos x}{\cos x\sin^2x}
=\frac1{\cos x(1+\cos x)}
$$
for sufficiently small nonzero $x$. Continuity of <cosine> then gives
$$
\boxed{\lim_{x\to0}\frac{\tan x-\sin x}{\sin^3x}=\frac12}.
$$

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