Time Essay: Hello... Jimmy?

President Carter has promised to make himself available to citizens on the telephone—by occasionally answering rings at the White House and by arranging what he terms "live call-in sessions" to be broadcast on radio. The first will be carried by CBS on March 5 with Walter Cronkite acting as host and screener. If Walter's attention happens to wander, there could be some interesting exchanges between the President (P) and the callers (C):

C: Now see here. I ordered three hot and sour and two shark fin. You got it exactly backward. The moo shu...

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