"We learn to exchange e-mail, make our own Web pages and, best of all, improve our English, " says Yang Yimei, who is from the town of Simao, in China's southwestern Yunnan province.

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The Democratic National Committee used the list to send an e-mail from the president urging supporters to attend weekend meetings to learn about the economic recovery plan.

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Of course he wants to learn about new products, but he also goes to hear industry gossip on talent flow--e.g.

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