Word: unfitness
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...draft. Of over 14,000,000 men examined, only 2,000,000 were up to standard. Of the rest, 6,500,000 were accepted despite defects, 2,250,000 were remediable 4-Fs (of these 1,500,000 were made fit for duty), 3,500,000 were hopelessly unfit. In addition, 1,000,000 have been discharged for defects discovered or developed after induction...
...same young officer, by now a lieutenant, junior grade. The lieutenant promptly began to ride him systematically, said Compton, gave him low marks in attitude and discipline, sent him on 15-mile hikes, imposed unnecessary discipline. When the next quarterly ratings were issued, Compton was found to be "unfit." He was discharged a day later...
...Mass, derived from the words of Christ at the Last Supper and given its present strict form in the 7th Century, has inspired some of the world's finest music. But many of the greatest musical Masses, for one reason or another, have been deemed by the Church unfit for liturgical use. The unapproved list includes Bach's famous B Minor Mass, the Missa Solemnis of Beethoven, Masses by Haydn, Mozart and many other great composers...
...mentally unfit should be barred from service because: 1) contrary to lay belief, discipline will not cure what ails them; 2) the services must not be hampered by the mentally unfit any more than by people with tuberculosis or punctured eardrums...
...Both processing plants and storage houses were awash with eggs. The eggs sold for feed were unfit for human consumption but would help relieve a critical feed shortage...