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PHP is like the Borg:

a: PHP ~
b: the Borg

What: " PHP is like the Borg: assimilate everything and take the best out of it to strengthen your own position. PHP assimilates C libraries. At its heart, PHP is a small language core which can be extended to do anything by embedding specialized C libraries."

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Writer: Kristian Köhntopp
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Date: Nov 23 2011 10:54 AM


You Don't Like It, But It's Good For You....

a: 4 dollar gas ~
b: Spinach

What: "Chu delivered those stunning remarks in testimony before Congress yesterday. When Rep. Alan Nunnelee (R-Miss.) asked Chu whether it's his "overall goal to get our price" of gasoline lower, Chu said, "No, the overall goal is to decrease our dependency on oil, to build and strengthen our economy."

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Writer: Not Stated
LCC:
Where: Reference Link Has Evaporated
Date: Aug 26 2013 5:31 PM



a: dyad ~
b: the canvas

What:

"The Dyad is not the number two but the principle of duality, a kind of intelligible, indeterminate matter, either infinitely great or infinitely small, capable of taking on a multiplicity of forms through the action of the One, which determines it. The Dyad is like the canvas upon which God paints."


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Writer: Keven Brown
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Date: Apr 10 2014 9:07 PM



a: Good paragraph ~
b: liquid honey

What: "A good paragraph is like liquid honey-it flows and it sticks together. A coherent paragraph leads readers smoothly from the topic sentence to the concluding one."

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Writer: Not Stated
LCC:
Where: Reference Link Has Evaporated
Date: Aug 13 2014 5:53 PM



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