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W. and the damage done

President Bush inherited a peaceful, prosperous America. As he exits, Salon consults experts in seven fields to try to assess the devastation.
By Vincent Rossmeier and Gabriel Winant

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    National Osteoporosis

    If we examine history closely we generally find that empires crumble from within. Some external cause is often cited, because someone pushes over the last stone standing; but if the termites leave their mound, it doesn't require much wind to scatter the thing.

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