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REDUCING THE GAP BETWEEN THE KNOWS AND THE KNOW-NOTS. In the race to lay claim to knowledge, "the global gap between haves and have-nots, between knows and know-nots, is widening" warns the Human Development Report 1999, commissioned by the United Nations Development Programme ... The Internet, the worldwide computer link-up, is "the fastest-growing tool of communication ever," with the number of users expected to grow from 150 million today to more than 700 million in 2001 ... Information and communications technology are tremendous tools for development and can open a fast track to knowledge-based growth....  1, record 1, English, - knows

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Usually in the plural.  2, record 1, English, - knows

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Curieusement, la course aux profits immédiats par les nantis, qui exploitent les bénéfices du capital, de la spéculation boursière plutôt que les bénéfices du travail pour lesquels on aurait besoin de la main-d'œuvre maintenant désœuvrée, met en péril la planète de la même manière que la croissance non contrôlée de la population, que les ressources alimentaires ne pourront dans un délai très court plus nourrir.  1, record 1, French, - nantis

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Souvent au pluriel.  2, record 1, French, - nantis

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