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Overwhelmed by the tense, frenetic atmosphere and enormous work load in the hospital emergency room, many doctors view duty in what they call the "pit" as a form of cruel and unusual punishment; others regard it as a purgatory through which they must pass on the way to a more relaxed form of practice. But Dr. Gaius Clark, 40, of Lansing, Mich., loves every minute of it. "It is an exciting type of medicine," he says of his full-time work in the emergency room at Lansing's St. Lawrence Hospital. "You are under a great deal of stress...
...administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency holds one of the most controversial jobs in Washington. Changes in automobile engineering, new restrictions on city traffic, explorations for oil, the pollution of waterways-all this and more come to the EPA chief for a series of decisions that pit environmental interests against business balance sheets, land-use habits and even the traditional American way of life. Comments one conservationist: "In that job you're damned if you do and damned...
...pit is too deep...
...anymore with meat worth its weight in gold, a death toll in cholestorol build up, much less a good dose of bad vibes in hostility content?--you can get them and find the type that eats them at Barney's (22 Boylston St.) and Buddy's Sirloin Pit (across from the Brattle Theater). The Wursthaus affects a slight German accent, fine for families who aren't liable to notice the pretensions because they're busy, if they're normal Wasps, fighting. The headwaiter doesn't like students much anyway. For Mexican food that can sear your insides go to Casa...
...habits, when they were particularly known for wearing white. I don't object to Isabella's wearing light blue, since she is still a novice; but her habit, covered with what seem to be dark smudges, is unbelievably ugly, and suggests that she has been laboring in the grease-pit of a gas station...