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%% The LaTeX Companion, 2ed (second printing August 2004)
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%% Example 5-3-4 on page 252.
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%% Copyright (C) 2004 Frank Mittelbach, Michel Goossens,
%%    Johannes Braams, David Carlisle, and Chris Rowley
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\documentclass{ttctexa}
\pagestyle{empty}
\setcounter{page}{6}
\setlength\textwidth{207.0pt}
\StartShownPreambleCommands
\usepackage{tabularx}   \tracingtabularx
\StopShownPreambleCommands
\begin{document}
\noindent
\begin{tabularx}{\linewidth}%
    {|>{\setlength\hsize{.85\hsize}}X|%
      >{\setlength\hsize{1.15\hsize}}X|}
 Superconsciousness is a long word  &
 Moge\-lijk\-heden en hoop             \\
 Some text in column one            &
 A somewhat longer text in  column two \\
\end{tabularx}
\end{document}