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In the time since we graduated many walkways and buildings had been retrofitted to better accommodate people in wheelchairs. Back in 1990 student protesters had shut the school down for days making demands for such things like hiring a rabbi, offering kosher meals, establishing an intercultural center. Thosedemands at the time had seemed so radical. Today they seemed so reasonable as to be a matter of course. Oh, the irrelevance. The obsolescence. The creeping amount of aging before you even get old. The phantom of time haunted me as i drove back to the city in my station wagon. It followed me...

And to have cspan here taping this to show on television is just icing on the cake. My job tonight is to introduce the two people on the podium who will be conducting this conversation. Jane henderson is the book editor at the st. Louis post dispatch. She grew up in st. Louis and graduated from the university of missouri columbia with degrees in journalism and english literature. She cut short her grad titstude work to go to work as a copy editor. After three years in the newsroom in connecticut, she returned to st. Louis and has been an editor and writer with the post dispatch features depart...

We have kept ms. Fraser busy. We have had wonderful crowds turn out each time. Of the books. Ut it has been very satisfying. And to have cspan here taping this to show on television is the icing on the cake. It is such a wonderful feeling to know that something so positive representing Jefferson County will be on national television. [applause] jane my job tonight is to introduce two people on the podium who will be conducting this conversation. Jane henderson is the editor at post dispatch. She grew up in st. Louis. She graduated with degrees in journalism and english literature. She cut shor...

Thank very much. Were delighted to have you here today. My name is john hamre. Im the president at csis. And when we have events with outside groups like this we always start with a little safety announcement. I just want to you know louiewherever he is, he is responsible for your safety. And if something if you hear a voice saying we have to evacuate im not worried about the chairman well take care of him. We no know how to do that. But for everybody else the doors behind me take us down to the first floor. Two lefthand turns, a right hand turn to National Geographic well met there and i pay ...

Your safety. And if something if you hear a voice saying we have to evacuate im not worried about the chairman well take care of him. We no know how to do that. But for everybody else the doors behind me take us down to the first floor. Two lefthand turns, a right hand turn to National Geographic well met there and i pay for everyones ticket to get into the show. Its not something going to happen. Weve not had a problem but we want you to know how to be prepared. Delighted to have you here but even more pleased we can welcome chairman jim risch to be with us today. He is the first guy ive met ...