Word: flunks
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...sport: obey the rules. A combination of dirty boxing, dirty wrestling and dirty jujitsu, it teaches a fighter how to whip the other fellow, rules or no. If a cadet plays too fair, is ready to shake hands or even admits that his opponent is better, he may "bilge" (flunk) the course...
This article is for him; he should clip it carefully and paste it to the inside of his brown fedora where it will be handy six weeks from now, when he decides that maybe a trip out for an evening now and again won't mean a flunk in Physics B and eligibility for the draft...
Second alteration, however, in the Navy's program is the allowing of members of V-1 who either fail to pass the officers exam next March or flunk out of college to enter V-5. Men in these categories must pass physical and intelligence tests and then will be sent to aviation training centers...
...Amarillo, Tex., Farm Boy Roy William Helfenbein was convicted of having six good teeth pulled to help him flunk the draft's physical exam. Penalty: three years in prison. Said the court: "He should serve in prison for the duration...
Pilots who have completed the CAA training have an edge over others, since they seldom flunk out of this Cadet Training course in spite of greater severity in the Army requirements...