Random Analogies

Collagen Is Like The Steel Of The Building

a: Collagen ~
b: the steel of the building

What: "Collagen is like the steel of the building," said Dr. Leconey. "It's what gives the skin its structural support. The sun messes up that support. The retin-a will help to rebuild that support."

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Writer: Dr. Leconey
LCC: RL
Where:
Date: Aug 12 2011 9:47 AM



a: American democracy ~
b: casino game

What:

"Two of Obama's favorite pet constituencies, however, would seem to be the WEF (World Economic Forum) and the globalist aristocrats - after all he is their Frankenstein's monster! And it's become clear as day, that the sham of American democracy, is like a casino game that's rigged six ways to Sunday! The two figureheads of the two corporatist behemoths, sling barbs, and invective back and forth at one another, and shovel multi-millions into propaganda spots that would have made Goebbels chuckle! "


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Writer: Sean Fenley
LCC:
Where:
Date: Jan 30 2015 2:54 PM



a: symbolic logic ~
b: learning mathematics

What:

"Learning symbolic logic is like learning mathematics or a foreign language because it requires daily practice."


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Writer: Leemon McHenry
LCC:
Where:
Date: Feb 21 2015 2:01 PM


A Gene Translation Switch

a: regulatory gene ~
b: a switch

What:

"A regulatory gene is like a switch. A switch can be used in many places. Its presence in this invertebrate and in vertebrates is not evidence of a shared evolutionary heritage but of a shared Creator."


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Writer: Dr. Elizabeth Mitchell
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Where:
Date: Mar 4 2015 3:40 PM



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