He is the second-string quarterback on his junior high football team. She is a housewife who substitutes for teachers at the elementary school down the street. The nurse has her beeper clipped to her blue jeans as she shops for groceries. The vice-president is surrounded by those who protect him as he boards the plane.
Who are they? They are a part of the world of people who are waiting in the wings. They are doing one thing now, but they stand ready to step forward and assume another task if called on.