Inspectors rate sections of the bridge on a 1 to 9 scale, with 9 being in excellent condition, he said.

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After all, what is it worth being able to drive across bridges without fear of plunging to certain death? (By my calculations our bridge failure rate is one in three hundred and fifty thousand).

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South Korea has a problem: It has the highest suicide rate among the OECD countries, and one bridge is responsible for many suicide attempts.

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Instead, he wants to reach an agreement with Democrats on a framework or bridge that would postpone the cuts and tax-rate changes for one year until a broader deal on deficit reduction -- including entitlement and tax reform -- can be worked out.

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We learned today that they have now gone a bridge farther by announcing in their latest minutes that they will add a projection of the federal funds rate (forecast? policy intention? policy goal?) to the menu and start publishing those things (whatever they are, exactly) by individual members, not just the consensus.

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