Random Analogies

What: "Vw brake fluid is like a sponge. Something as simple as moisture can be a real problem. Moisture in the Vw brake fluid changes its composition, leading to a lower boiling point for the fluid."

Writer: Not Stated

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Date: Oct 1 2013 5:08 PM

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"The broken U.S. health care system is like an old car that at one time was a top-of-the-line muscle car but due to neglect has been reduced to a beat-up wreck that limps along belching blue smoke from its tailpipe. If the owner is a person of means, the remedy is simple enough. If not, the solution is to pour more oil into the engine in the hope that somehow it will continue running. In time, however, the engine will die and the car will stop running. Similarly, we can continue to
pour more money into health care without improving performance as the WHO report suggests and even adopt universal health insurance coverage without making health care affordable as the bankruptcy study indicates. Driven by financialization, the system will limp along until
it collapses and then it will become clear to all that the problem is systemic."

Writer: Edward J. O'Boyle, Ph. D. Mayo Research Institute

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Date: Jan 23 2014 8:58 PM

What: "In other words, endothelin-1 messenger RNA is like tape-recorded instructions in a spy movie. Translated from RNA to English, the information is equivalent to " This message will self- destruct in five seconds." By ensuring destruction of endothelin-1 messenger RNA after the protein is produced, nature once again gets an arrow in the bull's-eye."

Writer: TIMOTHY G. STANDISH

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Date: Feb 24 2014 4:32 PM

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"Designing meetings as instruments of enhancing civic engagement is like building the base of a pyramid. There will be other programs higher up, such as a leadership program and a citizens' academy, but the base is where the foundational concepts, skills, and attitudes begin."

Writer: Barbara Spreng

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Date: Oct 29 2014 10:33 AM