If they were looking for a relaxed and lazy vacation, the 26 students who signed on for summer jobs at the St. Petersburg Times soon got a new slant on the months ahead. Not for them the nearby beaches; not for them such time-killing chores as toting copy, answering phones or writing the myriad obits that the retirement haven inevitably requires. On his first day, Marc Rosenbaum, a Colgate freshman-to-be, found himself on the rewrite desk. "I'm not even sure what I'm doing," he gasped as the deadline rushed up. But he did...
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