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...written by associate editor Nancy Gibbs, who decided to take a closeup look herself. Gibbs visited E.R.s in New York City and Washington, where she followed Dr. Michael Bourland and his staff through a grueling tour of duty at George Washington University Medical Center. "I can't imagine a tougher job than working in an emergency room," she says. "The pressure is relentless; the stakes are life itself...
...because his dim sidekick Rooski foolishly shot a Chinese druggist when the two of them were fumbling what was supposed to be a peaceful, harmless burglary. The main reason is that Joe belongs in jail, feels comfortable there. Not secure, understand, because dope selling in the lockup is even tougher than it is on the streets. Everyone there is a villain, and every villain has at least a shank, a homemade knife. Black and Aryan gangs feud murderously. Studs and lovers brutalize each other. And Joe, of course, misses Kitty Litter, his stripper girlfriend. But he is an outcast...
...mean, can you imagine tougher conditions to take your final exams...
...soon sail home in ignorance and frustration. Lebanon and neighboring Syria, Israel, Jordan and Iraq, he argues, are "tribes with flags" rather than nations. Try as big powers might to control them with armies, navies and imported ideologies, the ties of "family, village, tribe and sect" have been much tougher...
Stubbornness with the peace process, abuse of Palestinians and religious intolerance have led to a rising chorus of dissent and a tougher line from Washington. -- A modest proposal to reform Congress: send them home...