Word: wheelings
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...young children are not in the family station wagon, they are on the school bus. So many older students have cars that high school parking lots are jammed. As suburban mothers do across the country, Hinsdale's decry the time they spend behind the wheel. And well they should: they clock between 6,000 and 8,000 miles a year simply shuttling around the area. Says Mrs. James Gibson, wife of a psychiatrist and mother of four girls: "Everything is event-oriented with children here. Dozens of full-sized station wagons roll just to get teenagers to their parties...
Moving Jordan. The Eisenhower and Nixon staffs had pyramidal organizations, with one or two men controlling access to the President. Carter's aides describe their setup as a wheel: the President is the hub and his top assistants are the spokes-equally positioned, in theory, to feed the boss with information and advice from many quarters. The reality is somewhat different...
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...
Willie the Wheel and Steve Moor and Bob Boucher-Sword-in-the-Stone...
Willie the Wheel starts things rolling tonight at Sword-in-the-Stone (523-9168) with bluegrass guitar, the second act is the Steve Moor--Bob Boucher guitar duo. Friday Chance Langton shows his 50s and 60s stuff along with Steve Saroni, who compares with Glenn Yarborough of the Limeliters. Saturday it's Jill and MoChing with folkal vocals and John Rollins with traditional and original folk. Sundays and Tuesdays are open hoots, call first if you want to play...