It was November of 1983. The Heritage Foundation had<br > recently moved into a large， eight-story building on Capitol<br > Hill， occupying four of its floors. The remaining office<br > space was in the process of being leased to various political<br > groups， lobbying organizations， and think tanks， the major-<br > ity of which were conservative. What we at Heritage discov-<br > ered， after a few months in the new building， was that a<br >majority of those renting offices and attending Heritage-<br >sponsored conferences and roundtable discussions seemed<br >to be in their twenties and early thirties.<br > "Who are they?" asked Heritage Vice President Burt<br >Pines. "There seem to be hundreds of young people in<br >town--writers， self-proclaimed experts on policy， heads of<br >organizations， congressional chiefs of staff， key people in<br >the Administration. They re in the building， carrying brief-<br >cases， hosting freedom fighters， and holding strategy meet-<br >ings. I have almost no idea who they are. We must get to<br >know them."<br > "I ve been in this policy business since the Draft Goldwa-<br >ter Movement，" Heritage President Ed Feulner remarked.<br ><br ><br >