Random Analogies

Interviewing

a: Interviewing ~
b: Dating

What: 1. "Desperation is not attractive. When you're seeking a job, you're not asking someone to do a favor for you; you're offering the company something they want in exchange for getting something you want." And so on.....

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Writer: MassyLau
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Where:
Date: Apr 11 2010 7:07 AM


Esophageal Atresia And Tracheoesophageal Fistula

a: Esophagus ~
b: python

What: "In addition to growing in length, Foker's method has resulted in thickening and strengthening of the esophageal walls, the opposite of what happens with simple stretching. "The esophagus is like a python,"

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Writer: John Foker, MD
LCC:
Where: Reference Link Has Evaporated
Date: Dec 29 2013 1:10 PM



a: regulatory capture ~
b: Lebron James

What:

"The econ-speak for a scenario in which public institutions start acting in the interests of the private firms they're supposed to be regulating is regulatory capture. An analogy: regulatory capture is like if Lebron James was allowed to pay for the privilege of officiating the NBA finals."


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Writer: JaredHillaryRuark
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Where:
Date: Mar 27 2014 10:46 PM



a: strong force ~
b: spring

What:

"In that respect the strong force is like a spring, harder to stretch the farther you pull it apart"


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Writer: Timothy Paul Smith
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Where:
Date: Dec 8 2014 5:37 PM



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