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Php Object As Real Thing Derived From Idea

a: An object ~
b: a real car created from the blueprint

What: "An object is like a real car created from the blueprint. It has real properties (such as how fast it's going), and real behaviors (like "accelerate" and "brake")."

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Writer: Matt Doyle
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Date: Jan 17 2012 1:25 PM


The Lazy Molecule....

a: Fibroblast ~
b: French workers on strike

What: Fibroblasts, for instance, make up the "mattress" of the skin and help generate the collagen that keeps young skin thick and supple. As we age, however, those same cells grow sluggish. "Fibroblasts are like French workers on strike," explains Dr. Georges Roman, a French plastic surgeon who practices in London. "They spend most of the time doing nothing, but if you give them a reason, they'll get back to work."

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Writer: Dr. Georges Roman
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Date: May 7 2013 5:10 PM



a: Ovary ~
b: a cam running off center

What: "The New York ovarian cancer expert Hugh Barber declared in 1978 that: "Women at high risk usually have a long history of ovarian imbalance or dysfunction, including a tendency for spontaneous abortion, infertility, and nulliparity, as well as an early menopause. The ovary is like a cam running off center"

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Writer: Hugh Barber
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Where:
Date: Feb 20 2014 5:00 PM



a: bunker shot ~
b: sandblasting your club

What:


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Writer: Not Known
LCC:
Where: Reference Link Has Evaporated
Date: May 28 2015 10:54 AM



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