At the Place des Quinconces, talk isn't about the quality or the weather, but the price.

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Mr. DAVID HANDEL (Music Director, National Symphony Orchestra of Bolivia): Des Moines, Iowa, isn't the center of symphonic activity on an international scale.

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He hasn't set foot in Iowa since April, when he convened a Congressional hearing in Des Moines about the high price of air fares.

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