Wages include a 9% element for working unsocial hours, though less than 60% of policemen actually work them.

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Congress likely would have passed an AMT patch anyway, so it's arguable that this element--about 9% of the entire bill--crowds out spending that could have been better used to jolt the economy back to life.

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When the bridge element is not in use, it can be used as two separate 9-inch elements.

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So it is a curious development to hear today it has been announced that SAAB Automobile and BMW reached an agreement to allow the Swedish group to use engines developed by BMW. The first element of the JV will be for engines to be deployed in the new 9-3 that will appear in late 2012.

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