Doctors at the Rizzoli hospital stressed that they also took great care not to ruin the face of the donor, substituting the removed bone with a wax mould, and avoiding making any surface cuts to the deceased's face.

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What companies tend to do now though is to take a mould of your foot before making your boot.

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His approach is often parodied, somewhat uncharitably, as making AAA in the mould of B-movies.

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