Exploiting an archaeological site and dispersing its artefacts is an irreversible process.

UNESCO: MEDIA SERVICES

Some politicians cleverly, but too quickly, have accommodated their opinions to the new fashion of antiglobalization, either to please constituencies or because they are confident globalization is an irreversible process, since the information technology facilitating it will continue to develop.

FORBES: Commentary

"We want to make clear that the enlargement process is irreversible, " a German government source told Reuters after talks between Chancellor Gerhard Schroeder and French President Jacques Chirac and Prime Minister Lionel Jospin.

CNN: French assembly approves EU treaty