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A
- ABILITY TO EVALUATE GOVERNMENT IS ABILITY TO SEE
- ABILITY TO EVALUATE IS ABILITY TO SEE
- ABILITY TO KNOW IS ABILITY TO SEE
- ABUSIVE POLITICAL LEADERS ARE PHYSICAL BULLIES
- ACCEPTING IS SWALLOWING
- ACCESS TO EDUCATION IS ACCESS TO AN OBJECT
- ACCESS TO KNOWLEDGE IS ACCESS TO AN OBJECT
- ACHIEVING A PURPOSE IS ACQUIRING A DESIRED OBJECT
- ACHIEVING A PURPOSE IS REACHING A DESTINATION
- ACHIEVING GUN RIGHTS IS REACHING A DESTINATION
- ACHIEVING POWER IS MOVING UPWARDS
- ACQUIRING IDEAS IS EATING
- ACTION IS BEING IN A LOCATION
- ACTION IS MOTION
- ACTION IS MOTION ALONG A PATH
- ACTION IS SELF-PROPELLED MOTION ALONG A PATH
- ACTIVITIES ARE BOUNDED REGIONS IN SPACE
- ACTIVITIES ARE JOURNEYS
- ADDRESSING CRIME IS CONTROLLING AN ANIMAL
- ADDRESSING ECONOMIC PROBLEMS IS TREATING AN ILLNESS
- ADDRESSING GUN VIOLENCE IS WAGING WAR
- ADDRESSING POVERTY IS TREATING AN ILLNESS
- ADDRESSING POVERTY IS WAGING WAR
- ADDRESSING SOCIAL PROBLEMS IS TREATING A PHYSICAL AFFLICTION
- ADDRESSING SOCIAL PROBLEMS IS TREATING AN ILLNESS
- ADDRESSING SOCIAL PROBLEMS IS WAGING WAR
- ADVOCACY IS PHYSICAL COMBAT
- ADVOCATING GUN CONTROL IS INSANITY
- ADVOCATING GUN CONTROL IS ZEALOTRY
- AFFECTION IS WARMTH
- AGREEMENT IS PHYSICAL PROXIMITY
- AID TO KNOWING IS A LIGHT SOURCE
- AIDS TO ACHIEVING A PURPOSE ARE AIDS TO REACHING A DESTINATION
- AIDS TO IMPROVING ECONOMIC STATUS ARE TICKETS TO A DESTINATION
- AIDS TO IMPROVING ECONOMIC STATUS IS AID TO UPWARD MOTION
- AIDS TO USING EDUCATIONAL OPPORTUNITIES ARE AIDS TO ACCESSING LOCATIONS ALONG A PATH
- ALLIANCES ARE FRIENDSHIPS
- ALTERNATIVE LEGISLATION IS ALTERNATIVE PATH
- ALTERNATIVES ARE DIFFERENT AVAILABLE PATHS
- AMOUNT OF GUN VIOLENCE IS A FLUID
- AMOUNT OF GUNS IS A FLUID
- AMOUNT OF POVERTY IS SIZE
- AMOUNT OF POVERTY IS SIZE OF GEOGRAPHIC FEATURE
- AMOUNT OF PROBLEM IS SIZE
- AMOUNT OF PROGRESS IS AMOUNT OF DISTANCE MOVED
- AMOUNT OF PROGRESS TOWARD ENACTING LEGISLATION IS DISTANCE MOVED ALONG A PATH
- AMOUNT OF RESOURCE IS BODY WEIGHT
- AMOUNT OF STATE IS SIZE OF OBJECT
- ANALYSIS OF SOCIAL PROBLEMS IS DIAGNOSIS OF AFFLICTION
- ANALYZING IS DISSECTING
- ANGER IS FIRE
- ANGER IS HEAT
- ANGER IS INSANITY
- ANGER IS PRESSURE IN A CONTAINER
- ANGER IS THE HEAT OF FLUID IN A CONTAINER
- ARGUMENT IS PHYSICAL COMBAT
- ARGUMENT IS WAR
- ARITHMETIC IS OBJECT CONSTRUCTION
- ASSESSING IS MEASURING
- ASSISTANCE IS SUPPORT
- ATTAINING CONTROL IS GAINING A POSSESSION
- ATTRIBUTES ARE ENTITIES
- ATTRIBUTES ARE POSSESSIONS
- ATTRIBUTES OF GOVERNMENT ARE ENTITIES
- AUGMENTING ECONOMIC ASSETS IS CREATING OBJECTS
B
- BAD IS STINKY
- BECOMING IMPOVERISHED IS MOVING DOWNWARDS
- BEING ALIVE IS BEING PHYSICALLY AT THIS LOCATION
- BEING GOOD IS BEING UPRIGHT
- BEING IMMORAL IS BEING LOW
- BEING IMPOVERISHED IS BEING AT A LOW LOCATION
- BEING IMPOVERISHED IS BEING IN A BOUNDED REGION
- BEING IN A HIGH SOCIAL CLASS IS BEING HIGH ON A SCALE
- BEING IN A LOW SOCIAL CLASS IS BEING LOW ON A SCALE
- BEING IN A MIDDLE CLASS IS BEING IN THE MIDDLE OF A SCALE
- BEING IN A STATE IS BEING AT A POINT ON A LINEAR SCALE
- BEING POISED TO KNOW IS BEING POSITIONED TO SEE WELL
- BEING WEALTHY IS BEING AT A HIGH LOCATION
- BEING WEALTHY IS BEING FREE
- BELIEFS ARE POSSESSIONS
- BODY IS A CONTAINER FOR EMOTIONS
- BUREACRACY IS A MAZE
- BUREACRACY IS AN OCTOPUS
- BUREAUCRACY IS A MACHINE
- BUREAUCRATS ARE FACTORY WORKERS
- BUREAUCRATS ARE MACHINE PARTS
- BUSINESS COMPETITION IS COMPETITIVE SPORTS
- BUSINESSES ARE LIVING ENTITIES
C
- CANCER IS A JOURNEY
- CANCER IS PHYSICAL COMBAT
- CANCER PATIENT IS PHYSICAL COMBATANT
- CANCER TREATMENT IS GAMBLING
- CANCER TREATMENT IS WAR
- CAREER IS A BUILDING
- CAREER IS A COMPLEX STRUCTURE
- CATEGORIES ARE BOUNDED REGIONS
- CAUSATION IS AGENTIVE CAUSATION
- CAUSATION IS OBJECT TRANSFER
- CAUSE INCREASE IN QUANTITY IS CAUSE UPWARD MOTION
- CAUSED CHANGE OF STATE IS CAUSED CHANGE OF LOCATION
- CAUSED IMPOVERISHMENT IS CAUSED DOWNWARD MOTION
- CAUSED IMPROVED ECONOMIC STATUS IS CAUSED UPWARD MOTION
- CAUSED INABILITY TO ACT IS PREVENTION OF MOTION ALONG A PATH
- CAUSES ARE FORCES
- CAUSING DECREASE IN CRIME IS TREATING DISEASE
- CAUSING ECONOMIC HARDSHIP IS CAUSING PHYSICAL HARM
- CAUSING TO EXIST IS OBJECT CREATION
- CENSORSHIP IS PHYSICAL RESTRAINING OF MOUTH
- CERTAIN IS FIRM
- CHANGE IN CONTROLLER IS TRANSFER OF POSSESSION
- CHANGE IN MOOD IS VERTICAL MOVEMENT
- CHANGE IS ACQUISITION
- CHANGE IS LOSS
- CHANGE OF STATE IS CHANGE OF LOCATION
- CHANGE OF STATE IS CHANGE OF POSSESSION
- CITIZEN RIGHTS ARE PHYSICAL STRUCTURES
- CITIZEN RIGHTS ARE POSSESSIONS
- CITIZEN RIGHTS ARE SHIELDS FROM HARM
- CITIZEN RIGHTS ARE TERRITORIES
- CITIZENS ARE EMPLOYERS
- CITIZENS ARE EYES AND EARS
- CITIZENS ARE SLAVES
- CLASS INTERACTION IS PHYSICAL COMBAT
- COGNITIVE AVERSION IS PHYSICAL DISGUST
- COGNIZING IS BODILY FUNCTIONING
- COGNIZING IS EATING
- COMMUNICATING IS DRAWING A PICTURE
- COMMUNICATING IS FEEDING
- COMMUNICATING IS GUIDING
- COMMUNICATING IS OBJECT TRANSFER
- COMMUNICATING IS POINTING
- COMMUNICATING IS SHOWING
- COMMUNITY IS A FAMILY
- COMPANY IS A COMPLEX STRUCTURE
- COMPANY IS A FAMILY
- COMPETITION IS A RACE
- COMPLEX IDEAS ARE SENTENCES
- COMPULSION IS A COMPELLING FORCE
- COMPUTERS ARE PEOPLE
- CONSCIOUS IS UP
- CONSCIOUSNESS IS VERTICALITY
- CONSIDERING THE IMPORTANCE OF RIGHTS IS PLAYING A GAME
- CONSTITUENTS ARE CONTENTS
- CONSUMING RESOURCES IS EATING
- CONSUMING TOO MANY RESOURCES IS EATING TOO MUCH FOOD
- CONTROL IS A BOUNDED REGION
- CONTROL IS A POSSESSION
- CONTROL IS OBJECT MANIPULATION
- CONTROL IS PHYSICAL RESTRAINT
- CONTROL IS UP
- CONTROL IS VERTICALITY
- COOPERATIVE NATIONS ARE GOOD CITIZENS
- CORPORATIONS ARE PEOPLE
- CORRUPTION EFFECT IS DISEASE EFFECT
- CORRUPTION IS A DESTRUCTIVE NATURAL PROCESS
- CORRUPTION IS A DISEASE
- CORRUPTION IS A TERMITE INFESTATION
- CORRUPTION IS DECAY
- CORRUPTION IS EROSION
- COUNTRY IS A CHILD
- CREATING A LAW IS GROWING A PLANT
- CREATING IS MAKING
- CRIME IS A DISEASE
- CRIME IS AN ANIMAL
- CRITICIZING IS ATTACKING
- CURRICULUM IS A FIXED PATH
D
- DEBATING IS ONE-ON-ONE PHYSICAL FIGHTING
- DEBT IS AN ORGANISM
- DEBT IS PHYSICAL IMPEDIMENTS TO MOTION
- DECREASE IN QUANTITY IS DOWNWARD MOTION
- DEGREE IS DISTANCE ALONG A PATH
- DEGREE OF MORALITY IS PHYSICAL HEIGHT
- DEGREE OF SIMILARITY IS DEGREE OF PROXIMITY
- DEMOCRACY IS A BIRD
- DEMOCRACY IS A FACADE
- DEMOCRACY IS A PLANT
- DEMOCRACY IS A TOWN MEETING
- DEMOCRACY IS AN EQUAL PARTNERSHIP
- DEMOCRATIC DECISION-MAKING IS PARTNERSHIP DECISION-MAKING
- DEMOCRATIC DECISION-MAKING IS TOWNHALL DECISION-MAKING
- DEMOCRATIC IDEOLOGY IS A COMMODITY
- DESIRE IS HUNGER
- DEVELOPING AN ATTRIBUTE IS CULTIVATION
- DIFFERENT MEANS OF ACHIEVING A PURPOSE ARE DIFFERENT PATHS TO A DESTINATION
- DIFFERING IDEOLOGIES ARE ADVERSARIES
- DIFFICULTIES ARE IMPEDIMENTS TO MOVEMENT
- DIFFICULTIES IN A ROMANTIC RELATIONSHIP ARE IMPEDIMENTS TO MOTION ALONG A PATH
- DIFFICULTIES IN ACTION ARE PHYSICAL BURDENS
- DIFFICULTIES IN KNOWING ARE VISUAL OBSTRUCTIONS
- DIFFICULTIES IN PROGRESSING THROUGH LIFE ARE IMPEDIMENTS TO MOTION ALONG A PATH
- DIFFICULTY IS HARDNESS
- DIFFICULTY IS HEAVINESS
- DIFFICULTY IS PHYSICAL STRUGGLE
- DIPLOMACY IS WAR
- DISAGREEMENT IS DIVISION
- DISEASE TREATMENT IS WAR
- DISEASES ARE BURDENS
- DISTINGUISHING IS DIVIDING
- DISTURBING IDEAS ARE DISGUSTING FOODS
- DOING EVIL IS FALLING
E
- EASE OF ACTION IS EASE OF MOTION ALONG A PATH
- ECONOMIC HARDSHIP IS PHYSICAL HARM
- ECONOMIC RESOURCE IS A LIMITED NATURAL RESOURCE
- ECONOMIC RESOURCES ARE PHYSICAL ENTITIES
- ECONOMIC STATUS IS A POINT ON A SCALE
- ECONOMY IS A BODY
- ECONOMY IS A COMPLEX STRUCTURE
- ECONOMY IS A MACHINE
- EDUCATION IS A RESOURCE
- EDUCATION IS AN OBJECT
- EDUCATION IS COMPONENT OF BUILDING
- EDUCATIONAL EVALUATION IS GAMBLING
- EFFECTIVE GOVERNMENT INSTITUTION IS A HEALTHY BODY
- EFFECTIVE GOVERNMENT INSTITUTION IS A STRONG BUILDING
- EFFECTIVE GOVERNMENT INSTITUTION IS A WELL-FUNCTIONING MACHINE
- EFFECTIVE GOVERNMENT IS A WELL-MANAGED BUSINESS
- EFFECTS ARE TRANSFERRED OBJECTS
- EFFICIENT GOVERNMENT IS A LEAN BODY
- ELECTION IS A BOXING MATCH
- ELECTION IS A GAME
- ELECTION IS A RACE
- ELECTION IS WAR
- ELECTIONS ARE COMPETITIVE SPORTS EVENTS
- EMOTION IS A FORCE
- EMOTION IS PRESSURE IN A CONTAINER
- EMOTIONAL INTENSITY IS TEMPERATURE
- EMOTIONAL INTIMACY IS PHYSICAL PROXIMITY
- EMOTIONALLY INDIFFERENT IS COLD
- EMOTIONALLY INTENSE IS HOT
E cont.
- EMOTIONALLY MILD IS EXPERIENCING MILD TEMPERATURE
- EMOTIONS ARE OBJECTS
- EMOTIONS ARE SUBSTANCES
- ENABLE ABILITY TO UTILIZE RESOURCES IS ENABLE ABILITY TO ACCESS LOCATIONS
- ENACTING LEGISLATION IS CAUSING MOTION ALONG A PATH
- END OF AN ACTION IS THE END OF A PATH
- ENJOYING A RIGHT IS POSSESSING AN OBJECT
- ENTITLEMENT HOLDERS ARE LEECHES
- ENVIRONMENTAL HARM IS PHYSICAL INJURY
- EQUALITY IS BEING ON THE SAME VERTICAL LEVEL
- ESSENTIAL IS INTERNAL
- EVENTS ARE OBJECTS
- EVIL IS DARK
- EXCESS WEALTH IS DISGUSTING
- EXCESS WEALTH IS EXCESS BODY WEIGHT
- EXCESS WEALTH IS LARGE GEOGRAPHIC FEATURES
- EXCESS WEALTH IS OBSCENE
- EXISTENCE IS VISIBILITY
- EXISTING IS BEING PHYSICALLY AT THIS LOCATION
- EXPERIENCE OF A STATE IS SPATIAL RELATION WITH AN ENTITY
- EXPERIENCED STATE IS A PROXIMATE OBJECT
- EXPERIENCING A NEGATIVE STATE IS EXPERIENCING HARM
- EXPERIENCING A STATE IS BEING AT A LOCATION
- EXPERIENCING A STATE IS POSSESSING AN OBJECT
- EXPERIENCING AN ECONOMIC STATUS IS BEING AT A LOCATION
- EXPLOITATION OF RESOURCES IS A PARASITIC INFECTION
- EXTENT OF SOCIAL PROBLEMS IS EXTENT OF AFFLICTION
F
- FERVENT ADVOCACY IS INSANITY
- FINANCIAL RESOURCES ARE PHYSICAL RESOURCES
- FORCE TRANSFER IS OBJECT TRANSFER
- FORCES ARE OBJECTS
- FORMING WORDS IS SHAPING
- FREEDOM IS A VALUABLE POSSESSION
- FREEDOM OF ACTION IS THE LACK OF IMPEDIMENTS TO MOVEMENT
- FULLY COMMUNICATING A SEQUENCE OF THOUGHT IS SPELLING
- FUNCTIONAL LEGISLATURE IS A FUNCTIONING MACHINE
- FUNCTIONALITY IS VERTICALITY
- FUTURE IS AHEAD
- FUTURE OF A NATION IS PATH OF BOAT
G
- GAINING POWER IS GAINING A POSSESSION
- GOODNESS IS LIGHT
- GOODNESS IS VERTICALITY
- GOVERNING ACTION IS MOTION
- GOVERNMENT AND CITIZENS ARE PARTNERS
- GOVERNMENT ASSISTANCE IS A HANDOUT
- GOVERNMENT ASSISTANCE IS A TRAP
- GOVERNMENT ASSISTANCE IS AN ADDICTIVE DRUG
- GOVERNMENT ASSISTANCE IS SUPPORT
- GOVERNMENT CONTROL IS VERTICALITY
- GOVERNMENT DEBT IS OCEAN
- GOVERNMENT FUNCTIONALITY IS VERTICALITY
- GOVERNMENT INACTION IS SLEEPING
- GOVERNMENT INSTITUTION IS A BODY
- GOVERNMENT INSTITUTION IS A BUILDING
- GOVERNMENT INSTITUTION IS A MACHINE
- GOVERNMENT INSTITUTION IS A PHYSICAL STRUCTURE
- GOVERNMENT IS A BUSINESS
- GOVERNMENT IS A CHILDCARE PROVIDER
- GOVERNMENT IS A DISEASE
- GOVERNMENT IS A DOCTOR
- GOVERNMENT IS A DRIVER
- GOVERNMENT IS A LEADER
- GOVERNMENT IS A LEECH
- GOVERNMENT IS A PARENT
- GOVERNMENT IS A PATIENT
- GOVERNMENT IS A PERSON
- GOVERNMENT IS A POLICEMAN
- GOVERNMENT IS A SERVANT
- GOVERNMENT IS A SHEPHERD
- GOVERNMENT IS A SLAVE MASTER
- GOVERNMENT IS AN ORGANISM
- GOVERNMENT IS REFEREE
- GOVERNMENT POWER IS BODILY STRENGTH
- GOVERNMENT REGULATION IS A BARRIER
- GOVERNMENT REGULATION IS A BURDEN
- GOVERNMENT REGULATION IS A PHYSICAL CONSTRAINT
- GOVERNMENT REGULATION IS SUFFOCATION
- GOVERNMENT'S HARMFUL TREATMENT OF RIGHTS IS ATTACKING
- GOVERNMENT'S HARMFUL TREATMENT OF RIGHTS IS DAMAGING A PHYSICAL STRUCTURE
- GOVERNMENT'S HARMFUL TREATMENT OF RIGHTS IS INVADING A TERRITORY
- GOVERNMENT'S HARMFUL TREATMENT OF RIGHTS IS THEFT
- GOVERNMENT'S HARMFUL TREATMENT OF RIGHTS IS TRAMPLING ON AN OBJECT
- GOVERNMENT'S HARMFUL TREATMENT OF RIGHTS IS TRESPASSING
- GOVERNMENT'S POSITIVE TREATMENT OF RIGHTS IS DEFENDING A TERRITORY
- GOVERNMENT'S POSITIVE TREATMENT OF RIGHTS IS STRENGTHENING AN OBJECT
- GOVERNMENT'S POSITIVE TREATMENT OF RIGHTS IS SUPPORTING A PHYSICAL STRUCTURE
- GOVERNMENTAL AGREEMENT IS PHYSICAL PROXIMITY
- GOVERNMENTAL ASSESSING IS MEASURING
- GREATER DEGREE OF GUN CONTROL IS STRONGER PHYSICAL RESTRAINT
- GREED IS HUNGER
- GROUP IS A BODY
- GROUPS ARE CONTAINERS
- GROUPS ARE PART-WHOLE STRUCTURES
- GROUPS ARE POSSESSORS
- GUIDED ACTION IS GUIDED MOTION ALONG A PATH
- GUN CONTROL ADVOCACY IS PHYSICAL HARM
- GUN CONTROL IS PHYSICAL RESTRAINT
- GUN CONTROL LEGISLATION IS PHYSICAL RESTRAINT
- GUN CONTROL REGULATION IS A DISEASE
- GUN CONTROL REGULATION IS A MOTION IMPEDIMENT
- GUN CONTROL REGULATION IS PHYSICAL HARM
- GUN DEBATE IS A LIVING ENTITY
- GUN OWNERSHIP IS INSANITY
- GUN RIGHTS ARE VALUABLE POSSESSIONS
- GUN VIOLENCE IS A FLUID
- GUN VIOLENCE IS A PHYSICAL AFFLICTION
- GUN VIOLENCE IS PHYSICAL HARM
- GUNS ARE A DISEASE
- GUNS ARE A NATURAL DISASTER
- GUNS ARE DRUGS
- GUNS ARE MAGICAL
- GUNS ARE OBJECTS OF WORSHIP
- GUNS ARE PESTS
- GUNS ARE TARGETS OF PSYCHOLOGICAL FIXATION
H
- HAPPINESS IS VERTICALITY
- HAPPY IS UP
- HARM IS PHYSICAL INJURY
- HEALTH IS UP
- HEALTH IS VERTICALITY
- HELP IS PHYSICAL SUPPORT
- HIERARCHY IS A VERTICAL STRUCTURE
- HIGH STATUS IS UP
- HOUSEHOLD INCOME IS BLOOD
I
- IDEA SYSTEMS ARE COMPLEX PHYSICAL SYSTEMS
- IDEA SYSTEMS ARE FLUID MASSES
- IDEAS ARE FOOD
- IDEAS ARE OBJECTS
- IDEAS ARE PEOPLE
- IDEAS ARE POSSESSIONS
- IDEOLOGIES ARE ORGANISMS
- ILLEGAL ACTIVITY IS BREAKING A PHYSICAL OBJECT
- IMMORAL IS CROOKED
- IMMORALITY IS DEGENERATION
- IMMORALITY IS DISEASE
- IMMORALITY IS IMPURITY
- IMPEDIMENTS TO ACTION ARE ANTAGONISTIC FORCES
- IMPEDIMENTS TO ACTION ARE PHYSICAL IMPEDIMENTS TO MOTION
- IMPEDIMENTS TO IMPROVING ECONOMIC STATUS IS ANTAGONISTIC FORCE
- IMPEDIMENTS TO IMPROVING ECONOMIC STATUS IS CONFUSING PATHS TO MOVING OUT OF A LOCATION
- IMPEDIMENTS TO IMPROVING ECONOMIC STATUS IS CONSTRUCTED CONFINEMENT
- IMPEDIMENTS TO IMPROVING ECONOMIC STATUS IS CONSTRUCTED RESTRAINTS
- IMPEDIMENTS TO IMPROVING ECONOMIC STATUS IS ENVIRONMENTAL CONFINEMENT
- IMPEDIMENTS TO IMPROVING ECONOMIC STATUS IS ENVIRONMENTAL RESTRAINTS
- IMPEDIMENTS TO IMPROVING ECONOMIC STATUS IS EXPERIENCING A PHYSICAL AFFLICTION
- IMPEDIMENTS TO IMPROVING ECONOMIC STATUS IS PHYSICAL BURDEN
- IMPEDIMENTS TO IMPROVING ECONOMIC STATUS IS PHYSICAL IMPEDIMENTS TO MOTION
- IMPEDIMENTS TO IMPROVING ECONOMIC STATUS IS WATER CONFINEMENT
- IMPEDIMENTS TO UTILIZING EDUCATIONAL OPPORTUNITIES IS ANTAGONISTIC FORCE
- IMPEDIMENTS TO UTILIZING EDUCATIONAL OPPORTUNITIES IS OBSTACLES TO ACCESSING A LOCATION
- IMPORTANCE IS SIZE
- IMPORTANCE IS WEIGHT
- IMPORTANT IS CENTRAL
- IMPROVEMENT IN MOOD IS UPWARD MOTION
- IMPROVING A STATE IS MOTION TO A PREFERRED LOCATION
- IMPROVING ECONOMIC STATUS IS MOVING OUT OF A LOCATION
- IMPROVING ECONOMIC STATUS IS MOVING OUT OF AN UNDESIRABLE LOCATION
- IMPROVING ECONOMIC STATUS IS UPWARD MOTION
- IMPROVING EDUCATION IS FINANCIAL INVESTMENT
- INABILITY TO EVALUATE GOVERNMENT IS INABILITY TO SEE
- INABILITY TO UTILIZE EDUCATIONAL OPPORTUNITY IS INABILITY TO ACCESS A LOCATION
- INCITING GOVERNING ACTION IS FORCED MOVEMENT
- INCREASE EASE OF ACTION IS INCREASE EASE OF MOTION
- INCREASE IN CRIME IS SPREAD OF DISEASE
- INCREASE IN QUANTITY IS UPWARD MOTION
- INCREASE IN TAXATION IS OCCURENCE OF SUDDEN DESTRUCTIVE NATURAL FORCE
- INCREASING EVALUABILITY OF GOVERNMENT IS INCREASING LIGHT
- INCREASING EVALUABILITY OF GOVERNMENT IS INCREASING TRANSPARENCY
- INCREASING GOVERNMENT DEBT IS RISING WATER LEVEL
- INEFFECTIVE GOVERNMENT IS A POORLY-MANAGED BUSINESS
- INEFFICIENT GOVERNMENT IS A BLOATED BODY
- INEQUALITY IS BEING ON DIFFERENT VERTICAL LEVELS
- INFLUENTIAL NATIONS ARE LEADERS
- INFORMATION IS CONTENTS
- INHIBITTING ENACTMENT OF LEGISLATION IS IMPEDING MOTION
- INSTITUTION IS A BUSINESS
- INSTITUTION IS A COMPLEX PHYSICAL OBJECT
- INSTITUTION IS A FACTORY
- INSTITUTION IS A MACHINE
- INSTITUTION IS A VEHICLE
- INSTITUTION IS AN ORGANISM
- INSTITUTIONS ARE BUILDINGS
- INSTITUTIONS ARE PEOPLE
- INSURMOUNTABLE DIFFERENCES IN WEALTH IS BARRIER TO ACCESSING A LOCATION
- INTENSITY OF ACTIVITY IS HEAT
- INTEREST IN IDEAS IS APPETITE FOR FOOD
- INTERESTING IDEAS ARE APPETIZING FOODS
- INTERNATIONAL ASSOCIATION IS CONNECTION
- INTERNATIONAL DISAGREEMENTS ARE QUARRELS
- INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS ARE INTERPERSONAL RELATIONSHIPS
- INTERRELATEDNESS IS PHYSICAL INTERCONNECTEDNESS
J
K
- KEEPING ASSETS FROM BEING TAXED IS PLACING OBJECTS IN PROTECTED LOCATION
- KNOWING IS PERCEIVING
- KNOWING IS SEEING
- KNOWING IS TOUCHING
L
- LABOR IS A RESOURCE
- LAISSEZ-FAIRE MARKET IS A STRICT FATHER FAMILY
- LAW ENFORCEMENT IS SUPPORTING A STRUCTURE
- LAWS ARE LIVING ENTITIES
- LAWS ARE OBJECTS
- LAWS ARE PHYSICAL RESTRAINTS
- LAWS ARE PHYSICAL STRUCTURES
- LAWS ARE PLANTS
- LEADER OF A NATION IS HEAD OF BODY
- LEADER OF GROUP IS HEAD OF BODY
- LEADING A GROUP IS DRIVING A VEHICLE
- LEADING A NATION IS DRIVING A VEHICLE
- LEADING A NATION IS STEERING A BOAT
- LEADING IS A FORCE MOVING AN OBJECT FORWARD
- LEARNING IS ACQUIRING
- LEARNING IS GETTING NUTRITIOUS FOOD
- LEGISLATIVE ACTIVITY IS MAKING OBJECTS
- LEGISLATIVE ACTIVITY IS MOTION ALONG A PATH
- LEGISLATURE IS A MACHINE
- LEGITIMATE POWER IS AN ENTRUSTED OBJECT
- LESS IS DOWN
- LESS IS SMALL
- LESSER DEGREE OF GUN CONTROL LEGISLATION IS WEAKER PHYSICAL RESTRAINT
- LIBERAL MARKET IS A NURTURANT PARENT FAMILY
- LIFE IS A COMPLEX STRUCTURE
- LIFE IS A JOURNEY
- LIFE IS A PRECIOUS POSSESSION
- LIFE IS A SEQUENCE OF MOTIONS
- LIFE IS VERTICALITY
- LOGICAL STRUCTURES ARE ERECT COMPLEX STRUCTURES
- LOSING AN ELECTION IS LOSING A BOXING MATCH
- LOSING AN ELECTION IS LOSING A RACE
- LOSING AN ELECTION IS LOSING A WAR
- LOW STATUS IS DOWN
M
- MACHINES ARE PEOPLE
- MAINTAINING HIGHER SOCIAL STATUS IS MAINTAINING HOLD ON PHYSICAL POSITION
- MAKING A DECISION IS WEIGHING
- MAKING EDUCATIONAL OPPORTUNITY THE SAME FOR EVERYONE IS EQUALIZING QUANTITIES
- MAKING RELATED IS CAUSING CONTACT
- MANNER OF ACTION IS MANNER OF MOVEMENT
- MARKET IS A FAMILY
- MARKET IS A NATURAL PROCESS
- MARKET IS AN ACTOR
- MARRIAGE IS CLOTH
- MEANS ARE PATHS
- MEANS OF IMPROVING ECONOMIC STATUS ARE PATHS TO MOVING OUT OF A LOCATION
- MEMORIZATION IS WRITING
- MIND IS A BODY
- MIND IS A BUILDING
- MIND IS A COMPUTER
- MIND IS A CONTAINER
- MIND IS A MACHINE
- MIND IS A PHYSICAL STRUCTURE
- MONEY IS A LIQUID
- MONEY IS A RESOURCE
- MONEY IS A SUBSTANCE
- MONEY TRANSFER IS FLUID MOTION
- MORAL ACTION IS A FINANCIAL TRANSACTION
- MORAL ACTION IS NURTURANCE
- MORAL AGENTS ARE NURTURING PARENTS
- MORAL AUTHORITY IS PARENTAL AUTHORITY
- MORAL CORRUPTION IS A DESTRUCTIVE FORCE
- MORAL GROWTH IS PHYSICAL GROWTH
- MORAL IS STRAIGHT
- MORAL ORDER IS THE NATURAL ORDER
- MORALITY IS A STRAIGHT PATH
- MORALITY IS PURITY
- MORALITY IS STRAIGHTNESS
- MORALITY IS STRENGTH
- MORALITY IS UPRIGHTNESS
- MORALITY IS WHOLENESS
- MORE IS BIG
- MORE IS UP
- MULTIPLICITY IS MASS
N
- NATION IS A BOAT
- NATION IS A BODY
- NATION IS A BUILDING
- NATION IS A BUSINESS
- NATION IS A COMPLEX STRUCTURE
- NATION IS A FAMILY
- NATION IS A MACHINE
- NATION IS A PERSON
- NATION IS A SYSTEM
- NATION IS A VEHICLE
- NATION IS AN OBJECT
- NATION IS CONTAINER
- NATIONAL INFRASTRUCTURE DETERIORATION IS BUILDING EROSION
- NATIONAL INFRASTRUCTURE IS A BUILDING
- NATIONAL INFRUSTRUCTURE MAINTENANCE IS BUILDING MAINTENANCE
- NATIONAL POLITICAL FUNCTIONALITY IS PHYSICAL INTEGRITY
- NATIONAL POLITICS IS A BATTLEFIELD
- NATIONAL POLITICS IS A SPORTS FIELD
- NATIONAL POLITICS IS A STAGE
- NATIONS NOT ABIDING BY INTERNATIONAL LAW ARE OUTLAWS
- NATIONS WHO ABUSE POWER ARE BULLIES
- NATURE IS A RESOURCE
- NATURE IS A STRICT FATHER
- NATURE IS AN AGENT
- NEARBY COUNTRIES ARE NEIGHBORS
- NEGATIVE EVALUATION OF GOVERNMENT ACTIVITY IS DISGUST
- NEGATIVELY AFFECTING A LAW IS CAUSING HARM TO A PHYSICAL STRUCTURE
- NEGATIVELY EVALUATED CONDITIONS ARE HARMFUL AGENTS
- NEGATIVELY EVALUATED GOVERNMENT ACTIVITY IS DIRTY OBJECT
- NEGATIVELY EVALUATED GOVERNMENT ACTIVITY IS DISGUSTING OBJECT
- NONFUNCTIONAL BUREAUCRACY IS A BROKEN MACHINE
- NONFUNCTIONAL LEGISLATURE IS A BROKEN MACHINE
- NONVISUAL PERCEPTUAL SPACE IS PHYSICAL SPACE
- NOT PAYING TAXES IS AVOIDING OBSTACLES
- NOW IS HERE
O
- OPPORTUNITIES ARE LOCATIONS
- OPPORTUNITIES ARE OBJECTS
- OPPORTUNITIES ARE PATHS
- OPPORTUNITIES ARE PORTALS
- ORGANIZATION IS A MACHINE
- ORGANIZATION IS PHYSICAL STRUCTURE
- Ongoing causation is nourishing
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- PASSION IS HEAT
- PAST IS BEHIND
- PEOPLE ARE ANIMALS
- PEOPLE ARE PLANTS
- PERSISTING IS REMAINING ERECT
- PERSONAL PREFERENCE IS TASTE
- PHASE OF AN ELECTION IS LEG IN A RACE
- PHYSICAL STRENGTH IS VERTICALITY
- POLITICAL IDEOLOGIES ARE LIVING ENTITIES
- POLITICAL PARTIES ARE CONTAINERS
- POLITICAL PARTIES ARE PEOPLE
- POLITICAL PARTIES ARE SPORTS TEAMS
- POLITICAL REGION IS A VEHICLE
- POLITICAL UNREST IS A WILDFIRE
- POLITICIANS ARE STAGE ACTORS
- POSITIVITY IS VERTICALITY
- POVERTY IS A CRIME
- POVERTY IS A DISEASE
- POVERTY IS A FIERCE CREATURE
- POVERTY IS A MOTION IMPEDIMENT
- POVERTY IS A PLANT
- POVERTY IS A WEED
- POVERTY IS PHYSICAL HARM
- POWER IS A POSSESSED OBJECT
- POWER IS CENTRALITY
- PREPARING IDEAS TO BE UNDERSTOOD IS FOOD PREPARATION
- PREVENTED CHANGE OF STATE IS PREVENTED CHANGE OF LOCATION
- PREVENTING ECONOMIC HARDSHIP IS SHIELDING FROM PHYSICAL HARM
- PREVENTING ENACTMENT OF LEGISLATION IS BLOCKING MOTION
- PREVENTING UTILIZATION OF EDUCATIONAL RESOURCES IS CLOSING A PORTAL
- PROGRESS IS FORWARD MOTION ALONG A PATH
- PROGRESSING THROUGH LIFE IS MOVING ALONG A PATH
- PROGRESSING THROUGH LIFE IS MOVING THROUGH A TERRAIN
- PROVIDE EDUCATIONAL OPPORTUNITY IS PROVIDING A RESOURCE
- PROVING IS SHOWING
- PSYCHOLOGICAL HARM IS PHYSICAL INJURY
- PUBLIC EVALUABILITY OF GOVERMNENT IS TRANSPARENCY
- PURIFYING IS CLEANSING
- PURITY IS CLEANLINESS
- PURPOSEFUL ACTION IS SELF-PROPELLED MOTION TO A DESTINATION
- PURPOSEFUL THINKING IS GOAL-DIRECTED MOTION
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- REFINING A LAW IS TRIMMING A PLANT
- REGULATION IS A DISEASE
- RELATEDNESS IS PROXIMITY
- RELATIONSHIP IS A BOUNDED REGION IN SPACE
- RELATIONSHIPS ARE COMPLEX STRUCTURES
- RELATIONSHIPS ARE CONTAINERS
- RELATIONSHIPS ARE OBJECTS
- RELATIONSHIPS ARE PHYSICAL STRUCTURES
- RESOURCE IS A LIQUID
- REVOLUTION IS TOPPLING A PHYSICAL OBJECT
- RIGHTS ARE PHYSICAL ENTITIES
- RIGHTS ARE POSSESSIONS
- RIGHTS ARE SHIELDS FROM HARM
- RIGHTS ARE TERRITORIES
- ROMANTIC RELATIONSHIP ENCOUNTERING DIFFICULTIES IS A VEHICLE ENCOUNTERING OBSTACLES
- ROMANTIC RELATIONSHIP IS A JOURNEY
- ROMANTIC RELATIONSHIPS ARE VEHICLES
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- SAD IS DOWN
- SCALES ARE PATHS
- SEEING IS TOUCHING
- SEEKING KNOWLEDGE IS SEARCHING
- SELECTION IS ADOPTION
- SELF-INITIATED STATE CHANGE IS SELF-PROPELLED MOTION
- SENSING IS SMELLING
- SEQUENCE OF ACTIONS IS A SEQUENCE OF MOVEMENTS
- SICKNESS IS DOWN
- SIMILARITY IS PROXIMITY
- SIMPLE IDEAS ARE WORDS
- SOCIAL FUNCTIONING IS PHYSICAL HEALTH
- SOCIAL GROUP IS A BOUNDED REGION
- SOCIAL GROUP IS A FABRIC
- SOCIAL GROUP IS A FAMILY
- SOCIAL GROUPS ARE BUILDINGS
- SOCIAL GROUPS ARE COMPLEX STRUCTURES
- SOCIAL GROUPS ARE CONTAINERS
- SOCIAL ORGANIZATIONS ARE PLANTS
- SOCIAL PROBLEMS ARE ANIMATE ENTITIES
- SOCIAL PROBLEMS ARE DISEASES
- SOCIAL PROBLEMS ARE PHYSICAL AFFLICTIONS
- SOCIETY IS A COMPLEX STRUCTURE
- SOCIETY IS A PERSON
- SOLVING A PROBLEM IS FIXING A BROKEN OBJECT
- STATE OF NATION IS LOCATION ALONG PATH
- STATES ARE LOCATIONS
- STATES ARE PHYSICAL OBJECTS
- STATUS IS VERTICALITY
- SUBJUGATION IS DOWN
- SURVIVING CANCER IS HARMING CANCER
- SURVIVING CANCER IS WINNING A COMPETITION
- SYMPATHY IS WARMTH
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- TAXATION IS A BURDEN
- TAXATION IS A FORCE
- TAXATION IS CAUSING HARM
- TAXATION IS FORCEFUL REMOVAL OF A SUBSTANCE
- TAXATION IS IMPEDIMENTS TO MOTION
- TAXATION IS INVESTMENT
- TAXATION IS PUNISHMENT
- TAXATION IS SLAVERY
- TAXATION IS THEFT
- TAXES ARE DISEASES
- TAXES ARE DUES
- TERMINATION OF CONTROL IS LOSS OF A POSSESSION
- THEORIES ARE BUILDINGS
- THEORIES ARE COMPLEX STRUCTURES
- THINKING IS LINGUISTIC ACTIVITY
- THINKING IS MOVING
- THINKING IS OBJECT MANIPULATION
- THINKING IS PERCEIVING
- THINKING IS SPEAKING
- TIME IS A COMMODITY
- TIME IS A LANDSCAPE THROUGH WHICH THE OBSERVER MOVES
- TIME IS A MOVING OBJECT
- TIME IS A RESOURCE
- TIME IS A SUBSTANCE
- TIME IS MONEY
- TIME PERIODS ARE CONTAINERS
- TRUST IN GOVERNMENT IS A BUILDING
- TRUST RELATIONSHIPS ARE BUILDINGS
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- UNCONSCIOUS IS DOWN
- UNCONTROLLED CRIME IS A RAMPAGING ANIMAL
- UNDERSTANDING IS DIGESTING
- UNDERSTANDING IS FOLLOWING
- UNDERSTANDING IS GRASPING
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- WEALTH IS A RESOURCE
- WEALTH IS A SUBSTANCE
- WEALTH IS LINEAR SPATIAL SCALE
- WEALTH IS PROTECTION AGAINST HARM
- WEALTH REDISTRIBUTION IS RESOURCE TRANSFER
- WELL-BEING IS VERTICALITY
- WELL-BEING IS WEALTH
- WELL-FUNCTIONING BUREAUCRACY IS A SMOOTHLY FUNCTIONING MACHINE
- WHOLES ARE CONTAINERS
- WHOLES ARE POSSESSORS
- WINNING AN ELECTION IS WINNING A BOXING MATCH
- WINNING AN ELECTION IS WINNING A RACE
- WINNING AN ELECTION IS WINNING A WAR
- WORDS ARE CONTAINERS
- WORSENING MOOD IS DOWNWARD MOTION
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