become of

"These are good people," he says, "but what will become of this place when I am gone?"

What do you think would’ve become of the record you were making with Randall?

Less than a decade later, Blue Cross and Blue Shield plans in more than dozen other states had converted to for-profits, typically highly controversial proposals, given questions about what was to become of their billions of dollars of assets.

At the end of our conversation, I asked Dreier what will become of the 19 satellites and space telescopes that would be orphaned by the proposed budget.

"I think the more we discuss death then surely the more appreciative you become of life," he says.