"On a scale of ten, I would rate it at eight."

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Similarly, with leadership from both parties, we could reach consensus on the top rate and scale other rates down from there.

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As constitutional law professor and blogger Eugene Volokh writes, caving in to bullies only accelerates the rate and scale of their ambitions.

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Then, before they left, they were asked to rate on a scale of zero (no hurt) to five (hurts worst) how much pain they experienced in the warm water and the ice.

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