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Sportswriters share a special occupational hazard: they are both addicted to athletics and regularly reminded how far they fall behind the pros (and a good many amateurs too) in speed and agility. Staff Writer Philip Taubman, who wrote this week's cover story on football's Pittsburgh Steelers, is a weekend tennis buff, but he has warily declined opportunities to play Jimmy Connors and other stars he meets while working. Reporter-Researcher Jay Rosenstein had a typically humbling experience while interviewing the Steelers' defensive tackle "Mean" Joe Greene at his Texas home for this week...
...students' complaints center on Manter Hall's lack of facilities and physical plant. "We have no modern facilities," declares one girl. "The school's a dump. It's a fire hazard. We have only one janitor...
...Artfully arranged on a plate, sashimi, a Japanese raw-fish dish, is a treat to the eye as well as the palate. But this and other raw-fish dishes now becoming popular in the U.S. may also be a potential health hazard. The U.S. Public Health Service's Center for Disease Control in Atlanta warns that raw fish may contain Anisakidae, marine worms that can cause fever and abdominal problems in humans. According to the CDC, one California man pulled one of the worms out of his throat ten days after dining on sashimi prepared from raw white...
...really have to have your information straight or you get decimated. I really wanted to see if I could take the flak that comes your way and all the tensions and problems." In the end, Hall almost seems to be convinced that the criticism he endures is an occupational hazard, not something he personally helps bring on: "Hey," he says, "I just appreciate the fact that the job I'm in, if you try to please everybody, you'll end up in a strait jacket and get carted off somewhere...
...House has proved to be something of a rusty boat since Congress captured it by Executive fiat from the Navy, which had used it since 1928 to quarter the families of the chiefs of naval operations. The last resident, Admiral Elmo Zumwalt, declared the house "a fire hazard," worried over the faulty electrical wiring, and complained that the roof and walls leaked. To make the place more livable, Congress has appropriated $485,000 for renovations, including installation of central air conditioning and a new heating system...