It was highlighted by a cartoonish visual of a bomb with a lit fuse.

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Dozens of homes in central Berlin were evacuated ahead of the delicate operation to remove the bomb's mechanical fuse.

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In 2007 Warren Buffett told shareholders that public-sector pension funding was inadequate, and called it a time bomb with a long fuse.

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About 25 minutes after they started their delicate task, the mechanical fuse was unscrewed and the bomb was disabled.

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With Japan's economy spiraling deeper into downturn, the world may wonder why the fuse of the country's debt bomb has burned so long with so little domestic response.

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Aldridge said the test in Nevada involved dropping a laser-guided bomb into a tunnel and exploding it with a delayed fuse.

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