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...fourth largest U.S. city in 1900 today doesn't make the top 50, ranking somewhere between Wichita, Kans., and Bakersfield, Calif. No city in American history has slid so far - nor with such dignity. But just as St. Louis thought it had touched bottom (the city posted a tiny population gain in 2006, the first in half a century, up to 353,537), along comes another blow...
...Poor St. Louis. Everyone has a tear or two for gritty cities facing hard times - for the Detroits, the Clevelands, the Buffalos - but who spares a thought for the elegant dowager reduced to reusing tea bags? St. Louis was never a rude boomtown. It was the Midwestern city with an Athenian heart, valuing music and philosophy, nurturing a great university, birthing poets and hosting, in one incredible zenith year, both the World's Fair and the Summer Olympics...
...Anheuser-Busch, the St. Louis superbrewer, is the unhappy target of a $46.35 billion takeover attempt by InBev, a Belgian company run by Brazilian moneymen, which is the world's No. 1 beermaker - its accumulated brands include Stella Artois, Beck's, Labatt and Bass. InBev is known for squeezing the fat from its acquisitions, and the people of St. Louis worry that the good jobs and corporate philanthropy Anheuser-Busch is known for will fall into the category...
...They're maybe the greatest corporate citizen this community ever had," says Al Hrabosky, a local celebrity whose biography is a testament to the omnipresence of A-B in St. Louis lives. Known as the "Mad Hungarian" for his antics on the mound, Hrabosky was a star relief pitcher for the St. Louis Cardinals back when the Busch family owned the storied ball club. (The two-year-old downtown ballpark is still known as Busch Stadium, though Busch sold the club in 1995.) "A-B brought me to this city, where I married a St. Louis girl, settled down...
...campaign. But even if the town halls are less interactive than he claims, it's hard to overstate their importance to his candidacy or how much better they showcase him than his normal campaign speeches. On the night Obama wrapped up the nomination before a crowd of thousands in St. Paul, Minn., McCain delivered a stiff, formal speech from Louisiana before a wall the color of Kermit the Frog. He came across as nervous and stilted, his eyes fixed on the teleprompter as he emphasized the wrong words. In such settings, McCain can appear impatient, if not phony. He tries...