One Of Our Most Difficult Realizations Was That - In The Course Of Two Years - A Connecting Hub In St. Louis Had Gone From Something We Thought We Needed To Something We Could No Longer Afford. - SearchQuotes

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One of our most difficult realizations was that - in the course of two years - a connecting hub in St. Louis had gone from something we thought we needed to something we could no longer afford.

Gerard Arpey

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