Mr. Casey, now retired as longtime executive editor of The Capital, said he was too busy to get involved in a start-up operation.
His lunch companion was the persuasive Archie Avedesian, director of the Washington area Boys & Girls Club. Mr. Casey had never heard of Mr. Avedesian when "he called out of the blue" and invited him to the lunch back...
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