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I love engineers and I want more in Congress

Valley could gain from representation beyond lawyers, public affairs pros

Llewellyn King

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OPINION — I am a sucker for big engineering. I respond to it the same way other people respond to a great painting or a superbly sung opera.

You may be enthralled by a football game. But if one of those tall, skinny skyscrapers is going up in New York City, I am at the sideline, watching with rapt attention.

I marvel at how the engineers keep those buildings standing, allowing for the sway in the wind and designing elevators that are fast enough to compensate for a long ride into the sky.

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