1.  Needed was only a symbolic bridge connecting fear of the Chechens to anger at truth-tellers in the Russian media.

2.  So why swap all that for the dull euro bank notes that display symbolic bridges and other architectural emblems seemingly designed to avoid giving offense to anybody?

3.  The band, as Springsteen has said, is a symbolic bridge between him and his audience.

4.  This symbolic bridge between two golden-oldie generations offers a prospect of continuity where a gap once yawned.