Memory is a magnet. It will pull to it and hold only material nature has designed it to attract. From LearnThat.org. [Jassamyn West, American novelist, Quaker, best know for her novel, The Friendly.]
"This bar is what they call a magnet," said he; "but all the magnetism is in the two ends.". From Wordnik.com. [Rollo's Experiments] Reference
Aztec Middle College Northwest, which she described as a magnet school, for his senior year. From Wordnik.com. [The Independent - Frontpage RSS Feed] Reference
The strength of this magnet is measured by its moment. From Wordnik.com. [Nobel Prize in Physics 1955 - Presentation Speech] Reference
The fish magnet is copyrighted by a Mount Vernon company. From Wordnik.com. [December 2005] Reference
Yet a fridge magnet is not glued to the fridge — it is held by magnetic energy. From Wordnik.com. [Blog De Ganz | Archive | July] Reference
Right once more and take the magnet from the top drawer, right again and get the scissors. From Wordnik.com. [Archive 2007-09-01] Reference
He came up with the same conclusion he'd come up with as soon as the word magnet came from Snowood's mouth. From Wordnik.com. [Alfred Hitchcock's Mystery Magazine]
The Dallas arts magnet is close to its final fund-raising goal, as the refurbished Booker T. is set to open in March. From Wordnik.com. [Dallas Blog, Daily News, Dallas Politics, Opinion, and Commentary FrontBurner Blog D Magazine » Blog Archive » Leading Off] Reference
Finally, I glued the thin magnet on the bottom of my laptop and the other magnetic piece inside one end of the doorstops. From Wordnik.com. [DIY Magnetic Doorstop Laptop Stand | Lifehacker Australia] Reference
So were parents, particularly those of students in magnet schools admitted by audition or lottery in the School Choice program. From Wordnik.com. [Brian Ross: The (Other) Palm Beach Story: Feds & States Tinkering with Education Get Unplanned Results] Reference
Ilan's ethnicity served as a magnet, that is true. From Wordnik.com. [The Brussels Journal - The Voice of Conservatism in Europe] Reference
The closure is a hidden magnet, which is pretty sleek. From Wordnik.com. [Amazon.com Gold Box Deals] Reference
"I think a magnet is a very curious thing," said Rollo. From Wordnik.com. [Rollo's Experiments] Reference
The magnet was a circle, just over an inch in diameter. From Wordnik.com. [Pharyngula] Reference
Tennessee isn't known as a magnet for liver transplants. From Wordnik.com. [Jobs's Transplant Highlights Differing Wait Times] Reference
A bit of scrap-iron in contact with a magnet is a magnet. From Wordnik.com. [Expositions of Holy Scripture Second Kings Chapters VIII to End and Chronicles, Ezra, and Nehemiah. Esther, Job, Proverbs, and Ecclesiastes] Reference
Some of us will be in magnet programs, some of us won’t. From Wordnik.com. [February « 2010 «] Reference
We break a magnet, and find two poles in each of its fragments. From Wordnik.com. [Fragments of science, V. 1-2] Reference
"Among other things he showed me an ugly black stone called a magnet. From Wordnik.com. [A History of Sea Power] Reference
(Well aside from the fact that he is just a people magnet, that is ...). From Wordnik.com. [Now Norma Knits] Reference
I wrote a book on -- called magnet therapy, which has sold 175,000 copies. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript - Larry King Live: How Can Arthritis Pain Be Alleviated? - April 3, 2000] Reference
The only items damaged by the magnet were the tapes in the storage cabinet. From Wordnik.com. [Recently Uploaded Slideshows] Reference
Next to the magnet was a magnetized pad-holder and a stub of pencil on a string. From Wordnik.com. [Duma Key]
The magnet was a football that Dave Darrin proudly carried tucked under his left arm. From Wordnik.com. [The Grammar School Boys of Gridley or, Dick & Co. Start Things Moving] Reference
The holes are covered with a magnet, which is pushed up as the beer spews up from the device. From Wordnik.com. [CBC | Top Stories News] Reference
I know they can go on anything magnetic-hence the word magnet-but it's an answer I can't give you. ". From Wordnik.com. [Original Signal - Transmitting Digg] Reference
Right over the magnet is a break in the track that isolates the track electrically from the next section. From Wordnik.com. [Coyote Blog » Blog Archive » Science Project Idea: Electro-Magnetic Propulsion] Reference
In the fall of 2000, Crestridge was reclassified as a magnet school for International and Global Studies. From Wordnik.com. [Omaha World-Herald > Frontpage] Reference
The exclusive enclave of Greenwich, Conn., is known as a magnet for CEOs, Wall Streeters and hedge funders. From Wordnik.com. [The Real Deal New York - Latest News] Reference
You know now in a general kind of way that the magnet is a very useful as well as a somewhat mysterious thing. From Wordnik.com. [Editorials from the Hearst Newspapers] Reference
Well, Yemen is known as a magnet for militants where the government has given ground to separatists and insurgents. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Dec 26, 2009] Reference
Academy of Science, M.E. Ducretet described a galvanometer with steel magnet, which is surrounded by an exciting coil. From Wordnik.com. [Scientific American Supplement, No. 433, April 19, 1884] Reference
They were described as a magnet wrapped with a piece of gum in a napkin and then coiled with wire; and some kind of round, polished stone. From Wordnik.com. [Oh, Now They're Criminalizing Our Hobbies « Lean Left] Reference
CLANCY: For family and friends looking for loved ones, a magnet is the Manhattan Armory, where details of the missing are being registered. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Sep 16, 2001] Reference
I found this HAL 9000 refrigerator magnet which is being sold on eBay. From Wordnik.com. [Cool Stuff: Hal 9000 Magnet | /Film] Reference
I think you're turning into a right 'magnet' by the look of it N. Keep your hair tousled. From Wordnik.com. [Come Fly with me] Reference
These schools are to serve as models for the much larger number of "magnet" schools desired. From Wordnik.com. [Flunking the Schools] Reference
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