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The Worst Of Both Worlds

a: Baltimore ~
b: my crazy uncle

What: "The joke is that Baltimore has a southern pace and northern manners," says Lippman, sipping wine in a Dublin bar while her husband entertains a sell-out crowd at the IFI. "Very slow, rude people. I think that Baltimore is like my crazy uncle who gets drunk at the dinner table and says things he shouldn't say, but I still love him."

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Writer: L AURA LIPPMAN
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Date: Jun 7 2012 6:38 PM


Cleaning Up A Cells Surface....

a: Endocytosis ~
b: dustman

What: A list of unifying points between endocytosis and a dustman(British for house cleaner).

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Writer: Louise Walker
LCC:
Where: Reference Link Has Evaporated
Date: May 7 2013 11:06 AM



a: virus ~
b: a blueprint

What:

"A virus is like a blueprint and a cell is like a factory," said Dr. Kenneth Alexander, chief of pediatric infectious diseases at Comer Children's Hospital at University of Chicago. "The virus carries in its own blueprints and says to the cell: Make this."


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Writer: Dr. Kenneth Alexander
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Date: Feb 27 2014 7:52 PM



a: breeder reactor ~
b: breeder reactor+power plant

What:

"A breeder reactor is like combining a oil refinery with a petroleum powered power plant... The power plant produces electricity which powers the refinery and maybe even the oil drilling rig as well... but you are not "creating" fuel... you are still just using the fuel you feed the reaction and getting out less than you put in."


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Writer: iamian
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Date: Dec 24 2014 10:09 AM



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