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Word: 4f (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1940-1949
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...dear, one simply cannot marry a man making only twenty-one dollars a month. That's not even undic money. It's silly even to dance with them; no future in it. And yet all there is left, unless she knows a handsome ensign, is the 4F Club. Brrr. What a plight for the womanhood of America. Should they starve for food with a soldier or starve for romance with a mentally, morally, and physically unfit specimen of the warlike...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Sufferagettes | 1/8/1942 | See Source »

This New Deal for the rejected is a constructive idea, but it lacks clarity and completeness. It is patently unfair for a man to receive a permanent 1B to 4F exemption on the strength of a broken bicuspid or an ingrown toe-mail, especially if he really wants to enter one of the military services and is unable to pay the necessary medical bills. But under the voluntary provisions of F.D.R.'s plan many a man will retain his hernia and 4F classification rather than be cured and reclassified. Further, the large number of cases caused by malnutrition and improper...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Salvage | 11/7/1941 | See Source »

...which makes these moments really good. As a singer who can act or an actor who can sing, whichever way you prefer, Danny is a winning combination. His personality and pantomime hold the center of the stage from curtain to curtain, and put over the last number, "Melody in 4F," with a climaxing smash which should keep the wolf away from the box office door for a long season...

Author: By R. C. H., | Title: THE PLAYGOER | 10/18/1941 | See Source »

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