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Subject:Generic "he" (beating a dead horse, or mare...) From:Mark Levinson <mark -at- SD -dot- CO -dot- IL> Date:Thu, 10 Aug 1995 19:39:42 IDT
a) When he faces the patient, he faces himself.
b) When they face the patient, they face themselves.
** I think Jean is right that there's a difference. It isn't
clear whether as a doctor in (b) you'd need to come to terms
with only yourself or with your doctors as well.
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||- Mark L. Levinson, mark -at- sd -dot- co -dot- il -- Box 5780, 46157 Herzlia, Israel -||
|| Doctor oh doctor, write me a prescription for the blues... ||
