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Once a search turns up a few "hits," you fire off an e-mail or an instant message. If the correspondence bears fruit, the couple meets for coffee. After that, it's purely analog love. The human mating dance -- unpredictable even by computer -- takes over. Anna Sheffield, 31, has dated 22 men in a year of online introductions. Two of them broke her heart. The first was an Australian who e-mailed her rapturously for months. When they finally met, he wasn't interested. "I remember thinking, 'I don't necessarily want to cry, but I am so sad,"' said Sheffield, an actress and part-time lifeguard who lives in New York City. The second was a blond Dane who blew her off after what Sheffield considered a wonderful evening at a trendy SoHo lounge. "I didn't get over that for a while," she said. "I had to force myself not to call him." While clients might wind up with a broken heart, investors probably won't.
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