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In April 1994, my confidence and sense of security in my professional status and competence were shaken to the core. In that month, for reasons too complex to elaborate, I lost my new job a mere 10 working days after my arrival in Norfolk, Virginia. Two months later, my wife, also a physician, lost her administrative job. She received several offers of positions in other cities relatively soon. I, however, entered a trying and debilitating one-year period during which, despite my best efforts, I could not find a job.

I had long recognized that there was a cyclically poor job . . . [Full Text of this Article]

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