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    Learning Life Lessons on the Job

    Aug 01, 2023 2 minutes

    I relocated from Pittsburgh to Washington, D.C., at age 18 in 1962 to attend college. This decision required that I find employment to help defray my education expenses. One of my employment opportunities was serving as a summer intern ambulance driver for the now defunct D.C. General Hospital.

    I joined a group of mature, predominantly

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