Few of the tourists strolling around the museum grounds realise that beneath them are 60 scientists, a particle accelerator and a battery of research equipment dedicated to soliciting secrets from the vast collections of French museums.

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What is more, telephone switches have numerous applications in dedicated military command, control and communications equipment.

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Let us also remind ourselves that these predictions are coming from some of the most sophisticated market-watchers in the world, with all of the resources and research and equipment and data and full-time dedicated staffers that most investors could only dream of.

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