Metaphor:BUREACRACY IS AN OCTOPUS

Name Gloss	BUREACRACY IS AN OCTOPUS
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Experiential Basis

Source Frame	Fierce animal Roles:dangerous_animal, dangerous_body_part, endangering_action, endangered_entity, endangering_effect
Target Frame	Bureaucracy Roles:institution_of_operation, members, functions, individuals_served

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Example Text:	The creation of this board of unelected bureaucrats is yet another tentacle of the Obama Administration digging its way into the doctors-patient relationship.
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Provenance:	http://www.chattanoogan.com/2012/3/22/222123/Rep.-Graves-Votes-To-Keep-Federal.aspx
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n1 -> n2 [label = "makes use of" fontsize="8.0" color="green" ]; n3 [label="Government executive action" URL="/pub/en/index.php/Frame:Government_executive_action" fontsize="10.0" ];

n1 -> n3 [label = "is related to" fontsize="8.0" constraint=false color="dimgray" ]; }

digraph meta4graph { rankdir="BT" }

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n1 -> n2 [label = "is subcase of" fontsize="8.0" color="magenta" ]; n3 [label="Danger" URL="/pub/en/index.php/Frame:Danger" fontsize="10.0" ];

n1 -> n3 [label = "makes use of" fontsize="8.0" color="green" ]; n4 [label="Part whole" URL="/pub/en/index.php/Frame:Part_whole" fontsize="10.0" ];

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n1 -> n5 [label = "makes use of" fontsize="8.0" color="green" ]; }