Word: unfitness
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...probably true that many 4-F's could be inducted for limited duty, without any "trouble." At the same time, it is obviously dangerous to think of the army as a dumping ground for the mentally, morally, and physically unfit. Finally, as Maj. Gandin noted, why should the Army take men who are only half-qualified, when with no more trouble it can draft fully-qualified...
Died. David Beresford Pratt, 54, wealthy, English-born Transvaal farmer and would-be assassin who in April 1960 fired two bullets into the head of South African Prime Minister Hendrik F. Verwoerd (who recovered), was later declared by a court to be "unfit" to stand trial; by his own hand (strangulation with a bed sheet); in a Bloemfontein, South Africa, mental institution...
...buildings are unfit for anything," he has said. "We practice education by compression...
...accusations: he charged both Gerosa and Levitt with responsibility for a deal that enabled the sponsors of a Queens housing project to make a windfall profit of $2,400,000. Understandably pained, Democrat Levitt accused Wagner of issuing a "vile, vicious slander." The mayor, he cried, was "unfit to hold public office." As for Republican Lefkowitz, who faces only token opposition in his party primary, he spent most of the week vacationing in Saratoga...
...August 1941, Goldwater went on active duty with the Army Air Forces, a feat that took every bit of his selling ingenuity. Although clearly unfit for service -he was overage and had severe astigmatism, in addition to bad knees-Goldwater bluffed his way past the physical exam*. Assigned to Phoenix's Luke Field in a nonflying post, he bummed rides in his spare time, demanded a check-out flight -and got his wings. Later he ferried P-47s across the North Atlantic, saw action in the Mediterranean and C.B.I, theaters, emerged from the war a lieutenant colonel...