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Word: unfit (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1940-1949
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Throughout his address Grady asserted that Willkie is unfit to run the government, because of temperment, inexperience, and lack of ability...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: GRADY UPHOLDS THIRD TERM AT DEMOCRATIC MEETING | 10/10/1940 | See Source »

...appointment of Russell came following the decision of the New York Circuit Court upholding the petition of Mrs. McKay that Russell was morally unfit to teach in the City College of New York...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: RUSSELL HERE FOR LECTURES | 9/25/1940 | See Source »

Many a sociologist and historian used to agree with Paleontologist Henry Fairfield Osborn that Anglo-Saxons were God's special gift to earth. Osborn was a leading eugenist in the days when many believed that the "unfit" should be weeded out rather than cared for under public health measures which coddled weaklings, allowed them to reproduce, ultimately lead to an inferior stock. While these ideas have occasionally furnished fodder for opponents of public housing, relief, the New Deal, the only places where they are still flourishing today are Nazi Germany and Italy. Long before Henry Osborn died...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Science: Eugenics for Democracy | 9/9/1940 | See Source »

...both sentimentalists and experts were disappointed. Not one of the six starters completed the 90 miles. My Sin, Notre Dame and Tinker Toy broke down in the first heat. In the second heat, Notre Dame was unfit to start, Tinker Toy dropped out in the first lap, My Sin in the third. In the last 30 miles, Notre Dame finally got going, roared around at 66 m.p.h.-but it was too late. The cup went to the winner of the first two heats, Sidney Allen's Hotsy Totsy...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: Hotsy Totsy | 8/26/1940 | See Source »

...years with Texas Corp., felt responsible. As the representative of Texas Corp.'s biggest single stockholder (estate of Empire Builder James J. Hill's son), Director Dunnington's opinion was important. Reluctantly, he felt that the chairman's tongue-wagging had made him unfit for so responsible a job. Solidly behind him were the company's other Manhattan directors, particularly Banker William Steele Gray Jr., Broker Henry Upham Harris, Charitarian Barklie Henry...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: OIL: Exit Rieber | 8/26/1940 | See Source »

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