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accountability is like a compass

a: accountability ~
b: a compass

What: "The power of accountability is like a compass to keep you on track toward your goals. After taking aim and releasing your motivation power a review of the results will be in order."

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Writer: Not Stated
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Date: Nov 17 2011 1:01 PM


Oop Is Like Religious Conversion

a: Oop ~
b: religious conversion

What: "I'm starting to believe that OOP is like religious conversion - you don't understand it unless you've had the revelation, and I'm still a sinner. Maybe somebody will take me down to the river and dunk me and I'll wonder why I ever doubted."

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Writer: Loup Garou
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Where:
Date: Nov 27 2011 5:30 PM



a: Nucleic acid ~
b: a zipper

What: "We sometimes use the analogy that the nucleic acid is like a zipper - our process is like spot-welding the zipper shut in many places so you can no longer open the zipper and it can no longer do its job. The system we are developing for red blood cells uses a similar process but the chemical is activated without using light."

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Writer: Claus Glassell
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Where:
Date: Oct 25 2013 3:30 PM



a: Vaccine ~
b: a seat belt

What: "The flu vaccine is like a seat belt," said Dr. Vimal George, ADC Family Practice. "There are many years when you go and you don't get the flu and you do fine. But there are those years when it definitely would have been advisable to get the flu vaccine."

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Writer: Dr. Vimal George
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Where: Reference Link Has Evaporated
Date: May 13 2014 6:32 PM



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