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Bleeding Heart Romantics

a: Broken heart ~
b: a bleeding wound

What: "The broken heart is like a bleeding wound for which there is no medicine, no bandage, no cure."

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Writer: Not Stated
LCC:
Where: Reference Link Has Evaporated
Date: Apr 12 2012 10:15 AM


Copyright As Monster

a: Copyright ~
b: Godzilla

What: "Copyright is like Godzilla. Sometimes it protects us from malicious interlopers, only to then run amok and destroy innocent Interwebs."

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Writer: Steel Wool Killer
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Where:
Date: Apr 26 2012 3:55 PM


A Big Insect It Will Need To Be

a: Transgenic plant ~
b: hitting insect with a hammer

What: "The current crop of Bt genes for transgenic plants are like hitting each insect with a hammer on an anvil. No way can the insects evolve resistance to a hammer."

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Writer: Wayne M. Barnes
LCC: S
Where:
Date: May 15 2013 2:46 PM



a: T cell ~
b: sniper

What: "Antibodies are like a fence, but a T-cell is like a sniper fighting off infections," Bramson explained.""While there may be something wrong with the fence in older people, the research shows that the sniper is still very much intact."

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Writer: Jonathan Bramson
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Where:
Date: Jan 10 2014 6:03 PM



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