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Carl Woese likened the different rates of evolution at the positions in the rRNA to the hands on a clock [ 4 ] . The highly variable regions are associated with the second hand; these can change many times for each single change that occurs in the regions associated with the minute hand.
Studies suggest that a wide gap exists between the 2 minutes clinicians typically allot to seeking evidence [ 2 ] and the amount of time needed to search MEDLINE [ 4 12 13 ] . Indeed, "some have likened MEDLINE searching to attempting to drink water from a fire hose" [ 15 ] . Although MEDLINE is certainly more difficult to search than other resources recommended for evidence-based medicine, the other resources, in aggregate, probably require excessive time to search if they are searched in sequence as recommended.
"There is incredible symbolism about being tied to a fence," one gay activist told the Times . "People have likened it to a scarecrow.
v.i. to catch or try to catch or obtain fish, or anything that may be likened to a fish (as seals, sponges, coral, compliments, information, husbands...)
(Newt Gingrich even likened Reno to Mitchell.)