Half of the 153 schools are in need of a total rebuild, while the rest are in a state of disrepair.

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The key for Democrats then is to throw the balance off by finding a candidate who is capable of expressing the frustration and anger of voters in a state that has significantly higher unemployment than the rest of the country.

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Our correspondent says he has never seen this much pressure being applied to a member state by the rest of the eurozone community in recent years.

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One bonus is that the rest of the world economy is in a much healthier state now than it was a year ago.

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Like the rest of the emerging world, India is in a state of transition and there is much change already to be absorbed and more to come.

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"It will be days before we can know the full extent of the damage left behind by Hurricane Sandy in New York City and the rest of the state, " Rob Lillpopp, a spokesperson for the Business Council of New York State, told the BBC.

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The rest of the time, he explained, a person in such a state is inwardly dealing with an invisible roiling chaos, unaware of what's going on around him.

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Ensign currently represents the more Democratic 1st District, and if he can hold his own in the part of the state that he represents, he should be able to count on a strong vote from the rest of the state, which is more conservative and Republican.

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