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Is It Really A Game?

a: American politics ~
b: a football game

What: "American politics is like watching a football game played between the 40 yard lines. The players keep playing and the people in the stands get poorer as they watch. That is the reality. Can you handle the truth? "

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Writer: Bob Lonsberry
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Date: Nov 18 2012 12:17 PM


Fat +acid= Fatty Acid

a: Fatty acid ~
b: alkane or alkene with a COOH

What: "It will react with an acid to form a fatty acid. A fatty acid is like an alkane or alkene with a COOH on the end."

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Writer: jwray
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Date: May 7 2013 5:01 PM


A Good Couch To Read On And About....

a: Good writer ~
b: good host

What: "A great part of writing is hoping to make things as nice as possible for the reader - be a good host, have them put their feet up by the fire, pull up a chair, get out a good wine. The writer who loves the reader always feels that; Nabokov would always give you his best chair."

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Writer: Martin Amis
LCC: PE
Where:
Date: Jul 27 2013 10:50 AM



a: Solar energy ~
b: votes

What: "Solar energy is like votes. The resource is rich but diffuse. Collection of both is an expensive proposition."

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Writer: Roy MacMullin
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Date: Mar 4 2014 1:17 PM



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