Word: unfitting
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Dates: during 1900-1909
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...when it may be the highest duty of a citizen to stand alone, or practically alone. But if this is a man's normal attitude if normally he is unable to work in combination with a considerable body of his fellows it is safe to set him down as unfit for useful service in a democracy. In popular government results worth having can only be achieved by men who combine worthy ideals with practical good sense, who are resolute to accomplish good purposes...
...strong wind prevailed last week often rendering the water almost unfit for shells. Under such conditions, by keeping too fast a stroke over the first part of the course, the Seniors were defeated by the University second on Thursday. Friday they again rowed the course and beat by more than a length the Stone School first, which took them up for the first mile, and by as much again the Stone second, which picked them up for the last half mile. There is a lot of power in the boat which would be more effectively applied...
Shortly after 2 o'clock yesterday afternoon fire broke out on the first floor of the north entry of Thayer Hall, and before it was finally placed under control an hour later had rendered unfit for occupancy every suite in the entry, including rooms 45 to 68, and had charred the connecting hallways and stairs. The fire, the cause of which is unknown, spread so rapidly to the top of the building that several men who were in their rooms at the time were forced to leave by ladders or rope fire escapes. The thick connecting brick wall prevented...
Besides rooms number 22 and 18, which were rendered unfit for occupancy, rooms number 20, 24, 26, 28, 30 and 32 were damaged, principally by smoke and water. Repairs, consisting chiefly of repainting and repapering, are now being made and all the rooms affected, with the exception of numbers 18 and 22, will be in order within a week. Those two rooms require replastering and consequently will not be finished for several weeks...
...poem was written to disprove the popular theory that protracted scientific study renders the mind unfit for purely literary work. It is in effect five brief plays in which are reflected the large mind and daring spirit of the days of Hawkins, Raleigh, and Drake...