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The Cascadia region now offers a direct look at how that process happens: through step-by-step tearing, not sudden collapse.

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Still, the proponents of tearing down the bachelor degree from its prominent role in American life offer few viable substitutes that can be applied broadly today, experts say.

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The tearing down of the East Wing of the White House also seems, in this context of concern, disturbing.

After photos hit the wires showing construction equipment at the White House, tearing into the East Wing, critics lamented the lost quarters of the social secretary and the calligraphy office.

Work crews began tearing down part of the East Wing on Monday as the former property mogul said work had formally commenced on a huge new $250-million ballroom.

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