Correspondents did as they were bidden, filing their copy by air-mail letter or, in later years, by telex.

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Dorrian noted that while some in the Air Force might view Folds' e-mail as "emotional, " his actions are fully supported at the highest levels of the Air Force.

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"We are mapping out a return-to-service plan, and we look forward to getting our 787s back in the air, " she said by e-mail.

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The Americans are trying to use e-mail for routine ground-to-air communication, freeing voice channels and lightening the load for controllers.

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Landing 14 hours later in Honolulu, where the air was a shocking 30 degrees warmer, we checked e-mail messages and Facebook, and learned that workers had cut a path through the trees, finally liberating the neighborhood.

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They would likely use the spectrum to improve Internet access to mobile devices as people increasingly use their phones for messaging, e-mail, broadband video, over-the-air purchases and mobile TV.

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People could use the same e-mail and network identity everywhere, on landlines or over the air.

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