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That means the manuscript can be studied layer by layer, enabling the researchers to isolate the remains of the mathematical text from the prayers, the mould that has accumulated over the centuries and some mysterious paintings that were added the last time the book disappeared, after the first world war.
ECONOMIST: The Archimedes palimpsest
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So far, however, the rapid-prototyping machine simply produces an accurately shaped mould from which the plate is cast.
ECONOMIST: MONITOR
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So the pendulum may swing back towards someone in the mould of Jacques Delors, the president from 1985 to 1994.
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