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...special report is built around a powerful cover story written and reported by senior correspondent Michael Grunwald, who has been obsessed with New Orleans since Katrina. Michael, who is the author of The Swamp, a well-received book on the Everglades, explores why the tragedy of 2005 was the result of mismanagement, myopia and missed opportunities, and the pivotal role played by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. As he says, "If you thought Katrina was bad, just wait till the next...
...study aimed to investigate whether the well-known racial disparities in heart attack treatments were the result of bias or some other factor—a lack of treatment options for hospitals frequented by blacks or individual patient preference, for example...
...problem comes as Blitz increasingly relies on this tension of real and unreal to take viewers through some absurd twists in the plotline, making events seem jerky and disjointed. The result is a movie that loses momentum in its second half as relationships slowly sink into irrelevance. The debate competition finale brakes too early and abruptly, and we’re left with twenty minutes of depressing anticlimax...
...this, how come they didn't spot the weak points? It may well be that the real breaking point was hidden, or simply wasn't obvious under normal inspection. In fact, as everyone knows by now, the bridge was deemed "structurally deficient" starting in 1990. That didn't result in an emergency repair order, but rather an intention to replace the bridge by 2020 - not unusual, evidently, since the designation doesn't suggest imminent danger. According to Minnesota Gov. Tim Pawlenty, speaking Thursday afternoon at a press conference, there are no fewer 70,000 to 80,000 bridges...
...would be so expensive to fix hundreds of thousands of bridges that it's just not going to happen. But these numbers highlight the problem of the nation's infrastructure. No word is likely to make taxpayers' eyes glaze over more quickly. As a result, officials at all levels of government tend to defer maintenance on bridges and roadways; the voters wouldn't stand for the required expenditures, estimated at more than $9 billion a year. They might, however, be willing to pay for more frequent and thorough inspections, which could distinguish the structurally deficient bridges in imminent danger...