Word: flatted
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...study of 1,500,000 men called for examinations between 1960 and 1962, Col. Robert A. Bier, chief medical officer for the national Selective Service System, found that 382,000 (or 25.4%) were granted medical deferments. Chief causes were musculoskeletal complaints (14.9%) such as stiff arms, trick knees, flat feet or the loss of an index, middle or ring finger from at least the mid-portion (slicing off the first joint will not do). Cardiovascular diseases and psychiatric disorders-including homosexuality and bedwetting -each accounted for 11%. So did being 20% overweight or underweight. Bad eyesight claimed 6%, while...
...blows left the Delta stunned -disoriented, inert, and so traumatized that it could not even assess its own wounds. But now there is a stirring in hot, flat, sunbaked IV Corps, a probing of wounds, an application of first aid, and even plans for recovery...
Winnipeg's early advantage shrank slowly, and by the three quarter mark, Canada found itself at a length disadvantage. Now it was the Harvards who had to hold on, and they did, easily, to win in the time of seven minutes flat...
...appearance at Harvard. Wendell's enthusiasm and organizational knack put Harvard track on its feet, and his talent gave the Crimson its first victory in the Intercollegiates. In the 1880 meet, Wendell himself won three of the six first places--in the 100, which he ran in 10 seconds flat long before the advent of the crouching start...
...Pittsburgh strike was a response to Superintendent Sidney Marland's insistence that there must be "a better way" for teachers to influence educational policy than to join a union, and to a flat refusal by the city's school board to bargain with the union. San Francisco school officials first claimed that California law prevented them from dealing with a union, later relented, but the talks broke off as the union made 92 demands, claimed that Superintendent Robert Jenkins was moving too slowly on the negotiations...