Random Analogies

80's Rock

a: The eighties without devo ~
b: a PB&J w/o peanut butter

What: "The 80's w/o Devo is like a PB&J w/o peanut butter (sorry doc)"

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Writer: Not Stated
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Date: Jun 16 2010 5:31 AM


The Magma Dance

a: Working with molten glass ~
b: dancing the magma

What: "So I choose liquid heat as my main medium, and working with molten glass is like dancing the magma right out of the earth. It is hot and it is dangerous, and it feels like I am making love with the very essence of creation."

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Writer: Laura Donefer
LCC: N
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Date: Jul 18 2011 1:41 AM


Murky Watery Economic Metaphors

a: Federal reserve ~
b: the moon

What: "The Fed "has helped raise the tide" he told Dow Jones Newswires reporter Michael Derby today in a video interview broadcast via WSJ.com. But a lot of U.S. employers' boats' "are still tied to the dock or they've sailed to foreign ports," where the regulatory climate is presumed to be more favorable."

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Writer: Richard Fisher
LCC: HB
Where: Reference Link Has Evaporated
Date: Dec 11 2012 1:40 PM


Genetically Possible.....

a: Metastasis ~
b: eye color or body length

What: "Kent Hunter (page 14) strongly advocated the role of genetic polymorphisms in the germ line; the concept that susceptibly to cancer and metastasis is, like eye color or body length, a quantitative (and therefore predictable) trait. It is difficult to resist the thought that the genetic paradigm increasingly"....the link is a review article on a cancer symposium in the Netherlands.....

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Writer: Kent Hunter
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Date: May 10 2013 5:49 PM



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