Word: stressful
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...other lawyerly virtues as well: sound judgment, discretion, the ability to absorb technical minutiae fast without losing sight of the big picture, a willingness, says a friend, "to work his ass off." Berger is kind to secretaries, seldom crabby and uses a quizzical, ironic humor to defuse stress. He loves the front line of politics; he helped drill Clinton before the presidential debates and often accompanied him on the campaign plane. "If I were in real trouble and allowed one call," says Lake, "Sandy...
...think there's a higher incidence of stress here. People here tend to see themselves as very competent, and it's hard for many to deal with the fact that they don't stand out any more," says Catlin...
Both Catlin and Ducey stress that all consultations with professionals at the Bureau and at Mental Health Services are strictly confidential...
...regret and human sympathy were quickly outdistanced by more practical doubts. Exactly what did the separation announcement, released by the palace, accomplish? "Their Royal Highnesses," it intoned, "would like to stress first and foremost that this decision is amicable . . . There have been no third parties involved, on either side." Well, fine, but the pair have scarcely been able to look at each other, never mind speak, in public, and each has been caught in indiscreet phonefests with a "confidant...
...focused her scholarly research on the role of the school consultant, the problem of ambivalence in doctor-patient relationships, gender preference among medical students in selecting a psychiatrist and the stress experienced by medical students during their training in psychiatry...