Word: unfitting
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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Missionaries. "Your missionaries who come to teach us are generally of a type who could not earn a living another way and are unfit to teach us Christianity. Some of them are admirable men, but I speak of the average, mediocre in mental calibre and unequipped intellectually to carry on the work," said Amherst-educated Count Aisuke Kabayama, member of the Japanese House of Peers, last week as he prepared to travel, via the U.S., for the coming Parliamentary Congress in London. A baptized member of the Methodist Episcopal Church, he finds good in both Buddhism and Christianity...
...must not use the prestige of their judicial position, directly or indirectly, to secure personal benefit. By the liberal interpretation of the term 'high misdemeanor' which the Senate has given it, there is now no difficulty in securing the removal of a judge for any reason that shows him unfit...
...General Mitchell's whole course has been so lawless, so contrary to the building up of an efficient organization, so lacking in reasonable team work, so indicative of a personal desire for publicity at the expense of every one with whom he is associated that his actions render him unfit for a high administrative position, such as he now occupies. I write this with great regret, because he is a gallant officer with an excellent War record, but his record since the War has been such that he has forfeited the good opinion of those who are familiar with...
Several officers who served aboard the ill-fated Shenandoah testified that the fatal flight was voluntarily undertaken, that the ship was in good condition, and that they did not regard it as unfit...
Practice this year will usually take place at the Charlesbank Rinks, the Boston Arena being used only when the ice on the Charlesbank is unfit for hockey. For the major games, the Arena will also be used. The first practice will be held on Wednesday, and further details will be given out at the meeting tomorrow...