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Reddit=girlfriend

a: Reddit ~
b: girlfriend

What: "it like a girlfriend but with less drama and more cats and distracts you from all your work so you get nothing productive done"

Useful?
Writer: Not Stated
LCC:
Where:
Date: Nov 27 2012 5:00 PM


Bounces All Over The Place.....

a: A free radical ~
b: a little pin-ball

What: "A free radical is like a little pin-ball that spurts all around your cells causing damage and mayhem wherever it touches. However, know that paradoxically some free radicals are necessary for health and that too many antioxidants can be harmful."

Useful?
Writer: Nicklaus Millican
LCC:
Where: Reference Link Has Evaporated
Date: Aug 21 2013 6:59 PM



a: Octopus ~
b: chameleon

What:

"This octopus is usually a mottled-brown color with a dark ovoid spot displaying a deep-blue color under each eye. However the octopus is like a chameleon where it can change its color to match its moods and backgrounds, even turning the "eye-spot" on and off."


Useful?
Writer: Jillian Lai
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Where:
Date: Oct 8 2014 10:17 AM



a: tobacco industry ~
b: ever-evolving pathogen

What:

"The tobacco industry is like an intelligent and aggressive ever-evolving pathogen that accounts for one-third of all cancer and nearly two-thirds of heart disease among people under 55. To reduce this burden of disease requires understanding how the tobacco industry maintains a social and policy environment favorable to smoking. To understand a pathogen, one might study its genetic code. "


Useful?
Writer: Stanton Glantz, PhD
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Where:
Date: Oct 16 2014 5:23 PM



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