"One minute Bale's Patrick is a cowering corporate geek and self-described empty shell, the next an arrogant, name-dropping smoothie, the next a hysterical wimp unable to distinguish reality from fantasy, " it said.
But the FORM 1 isn't just razzle-dazzle, underneath that outer shell is that self-developed technique for bringing stereolithography to the masses, and seeing it in action is as hypnotic as it is innovative.
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And as the economy changed, a lot of people wrote off Cleveland as a shell of its former self.
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The company, after all, was a true pioneer in mobile phones, even as it has become a shell of its former self.
Photos of Saddam Hussein in captivity after being fished out of his hiding hole showed a frail afflicted man, a shell of his former self.
But other than those two brief moments, she is a shell of her former self, with Paltrow given far less to do and a far less rich character to play.
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At 29, Robinho, a man who boasts 90 caps for Brazil and once a key figure for the likes of Real Madrid and Manchester City, now looks a shell of his former self, as evidenced by the fact that he is now usually a fixture on the substitute's bench and has made just two starts since November.
Mason's mother Lisa said Mr Gotts' severe depression had left him a "shell" of his former self.
Digg, once one of the shining stars of the social media world, is now a sad shell of of its former self.
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There is not much time to take decisions about the future of the Colonial Office before it becomes a mere shell of its present active self.
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