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...Seventh Avenue's Brenner has a knack for simplicity, practicality and thrift. Mrs. Mondale, she says, "likes clothes that give her mileage"-which is perhaps the reason the new Second Lady has been stocking up on Brenner dresses for the past four years. A typical purchase is a knit dress ($130) that can be worn plain or with a blouse, and which travels well. Mrs. Mondale wore one often during the campaign...
...Faith. The Catalog is in fact an expression of a reviving faith among Jewish young people, many of whom are gathering together in new communal groups they call havurot, from the Hebrew word for fellowship. Each such group-there are now hundreds all over the U.S.-is a close-knit community that meets for prayer sessions, meals, classes and discussions on Judaism. While havurah members do not necessarily live together or pool their finances, they share an intense commitment to making religion part of everyday living. Ex-Teacher Strassfeld and his wife and co-author Sharon were members...
Jewish and raised in The Bronx, Brown is a nonsmoker and only drinks an occasional Tom Collins. He has a close-knit family life with his wife Colene and daughters Deborah, 21, and Ellen, 20. Every morning he swims laps in his backyard pool for precisely 30 minutes. Reserved in public, Brown can be arrogant. But Pentagon officials approvingly recall that during the '60s he got along well with uniformed officers and Congressmen after overcoming their initial suspicions of him as an insufferable boy wonder...
...been waiting for." The aircraft had been used as one of several Air Force One presidential jets; it was the plane aboard which L.B.J. took the oath of office after John Kennedy's assassination in Dallas. Carter roamed the plane in a cardigan sweater and knit slacks. Studying Ford family photos gracing the cabin walls, he joked: "I ought to have on my three-piece black suit." His elevated status was symbolized by two small acts: Carter carried his scuffed spare loafing shoes on the plane; an Air Force steward carried them off. After his rest, during which...
...close-knit community like mine, your friends and neighbors can rake you over the coals pretty thoroughly. You aren't insulated from direct criticism as you might be in a media campaign...