But there are new faces all the time.

I love (F. Scott) Fitzgerald, (Ernest) Hemingway, I love Bill Bryson. At the same time, I love the Chinese (culture). I'm being stretched in new directions. The more areas I can expose myself to, the more effective I can do my job.

The effect of the handover has been largely debated and talked about for a long period of time.

I entered at an interesting time, after the L.A. riots, when the field was in crisis. A lot of the movement was down with solidarity with other races, but the riots were a shock. The focus became interracial relations, and they wanted to know what I thought. It gave me a weird credibility in the field. A lot of us got published in academic journals right away.

Remember, you used to eat those all the time.

Each local official donated a certain amount of time, some gave and hour, some gave two hours. Ken McKay actually donated the most time.