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Besides Jordan, there are five other holdovers from Carter's days in Georgia who are members of the senior staff -spokes in Jimmy's wheel-and have ready access to the President. Press Secretary Jody Powell, 33, is probably in touch with Carter more frequently than anyone else, including Jordan. As one colleague describes the emerging West Wing pecking order: "There's Hamilton and Jody, and then there are the others." Powell was one of the eight aides and Cabinet members Carter called in last week to discuss whether he should drop the $50 rebate...
...imposed deadline for the announcement of a comprehensive energy program, 88 leaders from the Government and virtually every energy industry and interest group gathered in Williamsburg, Va. The speeches and discussions provided a unique preview of the debate that Carter's policy address on April 20 will inevitably touch...
...Touch of Cynicism. Kennedy's ruling was an obvious bit of political backpedaling to escape the explosion of consumer fury caused by the original decree. It was also a somewhat clubfooted end run around the so-called Delaney clause of the 1958 amendments to the Food, Drug and Cosmetic Act, which dictates the banning of any food additives that cause cancer in humans or laboratory animals. In the case of saccharin, some Canadian rats developed bladder cancer when they were fed the sweetener in amounts that would be equivalent, in a human, to 800 cans of diet soda...
...latest ruling may add a further touch of cynicism to attacks against the FDA: If saccharin is unsafe in food, what makes it acceptable in a drugstore? Certainly, the ruling has helped to make some of the criticism more pointed...
...being the external processions of Henderson's mind. Sensing this, Director Tom O'Horgan (Hair, Jesus Christ Superstar) has rolled out the ribbons and ordered up some eye-catching costumes from Designer Randy Barcelo. The first entrance of the natives has a typically splendiferous O'Horgan touch. The sun rises to reveal Princess Mtalba sitting high atop a pyramidlike structure. Then the queen is discovered in a formal pose just below her. Then the entire population of the village emerges from under the queen's matriarchal robes. It is also a nice touch to portray...