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[inaudible conversations] good morning. Good morning, everyone. It is truly my pleasure to welcome you to Miami Book Fair. It is a lovely saturday morning in miami. What a wonderful fair it has been all week long and here we are at the street fair. I would like to offer appreciation to our sponsors without whom this book fair would not be taking place. We have the knight foundation, hl, bachelor foundation, the Group Foundation and so many more sponsors. I would like to pay thanks to Miamidade College for convening this book fair. Lets give a round of applause. And so many students, faculty an...

Hl, bachelor foundation, the Group Foundation and so many more sponsors. I would like to pay thanks to Miamidade College for convening this book fair. Lets give a round of applause. And so many students, faculty and staff have given up their time all week long and throughout this weekend to volunteer to make sure this fair is a success. Let me see the hands of all of our outstanding friends of the book fair. Thank you so much. [applause] for your support of Miami Book Fair and if anyone would like to join the circle of friends you may do so today, please let us know. A wonderful day planned fo...

It was really steve is who suggested to kitty that Brandeis University would be the ideal site for the papers of her father. None of us would be here without steves initiative and instigation, and i want to thank you for that. [applause] you will be hearing from steve later this morning as well as this afternoon, when he will be in conversation with kitty bruce. I was not privy to that conversation in which they suggested that brandeis was the ideal site, but i want to start with what the argument might have been. We have the same initials as lenny bruce, that is the least significant factor. ...

Dave barry life on in depth for the next three hours gets underway now. Host author dave barry, lets begin where you begin in your book, best. State. Ever. What the heck is wrong with the state of florida . Guest we do have a levitation are stupid, where people. And there are many stupid, weird people are doing stupid, weird things. But my argument is its not our fault. The example that i give, and i know this may offend you personally, and i apologize ahead but there was a famous example of florida craziness a couple years ago where a woman was driving south on the overseas highway that conne...

Author dave berry, lets begin where you begin in yourst book is to state ever. What is wrong with the state of florida . We do have a reputation for stupid ear to people, and there are many people doing stupid ear things here. But my argument is it is not our fault. The example i gave, and i know i apologize personally but there was a famous example couple ofcp years ago where a woman was driving south on the overseas highway in the key west and according to the Highway Patrol report was in a hurry to get to key west because she wanted to see her boyfriend and shave her bikini region in prepar...