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Viva El Wall Street

a: Wall street ~
b: Vegas

What: "Wall Street is Like Vegas. Unfortunately, we know by now that what happens on Wall Street does not stay on Wall Street. It spreads like a bad virus to the rest of America." Via Marketwatch.com.....

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Writer: greatdepression002
LCC:
Where: Reference Link Has Evaporated
Date: May 28 2010 10:18 AM



a: Cerebrum ~
b: bread with too much yeast

What: "the cerebrum is like bread with too much yeast, which has expanded and flowed down around the structures beneath."

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Writer: Pridmore S.
LCC:
Where: Reference Link Has Evaporated
Date: Feb 12 2014 2:11 PM



a: Mechanical weathering ~
b: water seeping and freezing

What:

"Like when rain water seeps into cracks in rock and then freezes which expands and forces the rock to break."


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Writer: Not Stated
LCC:
Where: Reference Link Has Evaporated
Date: Dec 6 2014 10:52 AM



a: natural selection ~
b: artificial selection

What:

"Natural selection is like artificial selection, except that, instead of humans doing the choosing, nature does the choosing ... Natural selection, nature, is constantly choosing which individuals shall live, which individuals shall breed "


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Writer: Michael Poole
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Where:
Date: Dec 26 2014 6:52 PM



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