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Even city officials admit that some of the foul-ups were caused by incompetence. But most were the result of the way the city is forced to do business. On any contract above $50,000, a regulation called the Wick's Law says that a minimum of four contractors must be hired, with the business going to the lowest bidders, who may not be the best performers. Trump used ten of his most trusted subcontractors. Said he: "Yes, they worked hard for me because they know there is a lot of work coming at them from us. But they were...
What Schaire proudly describes as the "little magazine that could" was born in 1978, but took its current form in 1984, after it was purchased by Texas Publisher Wick Allison. He set out to create an art magazine that would appeal not just to art insiders but to the general public as well. With its glossy new look, Art & Antiques has seen its circulation jump from 23,000 to 98,000. Still, seat-of-the-pants remains the typical mode of operation. The bare-bones staff of 27 routinely works a seven-day week, and sometimes even dresses...
...French-American gala, it would have been a busy social week for Nancy Reagan. On Sunday she and President Reagan sneaked out of the White House in an unmarked motorcade to celebrate her birthday at a Washington restaurant with two old California friends, U.S. Information Agency Director Charles Wick and his wife Mary Jane. Next day Nancy, 65, slipped away again, this time for a birthday lunch with her aides. All this privacy seeking left the Washington press corps, accustomed to at least pool coverage of the President's activities outside the White House, audibly disgruntled. Spokesman Larry Speakes would...
...Tapes can be played over and over, exchanged, copied." In the '50s American moral vigilantes sometimes claimed that rock 'n' roll was the creation of Communist subversives out to undermine U.S. youth; today Pravda could make the counterclaim a lot more persuasively. Says U.S. Information Agency Director Charles Z. Wick, a former talent agent: "I would hope that American pop culture would penetrate into other societies, acting as a pilot parachute for the rest of American values...
Meanwhile, the Harvard women's sailing team eased into a fourth place finish in the Emily Wick Trophy...