Thomson is selling its education division, Thomson Learning, meaning that there should be money available for an acquisition.

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Lessons are not categorized by age group, meaning anyone can surf at a comfortable learning level.

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What's more, many consumers aren't familiar with mobile payments, meaning that there will be a long learning curve for the technology to take hold.

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In addition, Pope Francis has no experience working inside the Curia, meaning he could face a steep curve in learning its culture.

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From his rejection of the distinction between fact and meaning flowed a system of ideas about experience, translation, learning, understanding and the notions of necessity and possibility.

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Many fewer school students are learning the language than did so 10 years ago, meaning fewer have the slightest idea what Rammstein are on about.

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One factor that the study quantifies is human-capital endowment, meaning the brainpower created by parents, formal education and training, and on-the-job learning.

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