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...types have excoriated Linn and the complicit commissioners for their concealment. "If they can't be trusted to make a momentous decision in an open, fair and respectful manner, they shouldn't be trusted to direct the daily operation of county government," thundered the Oregonian. "They have proved themselves unfit for public office...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: How Oregon Eloped | 5/17/2004 | See Source »

Perhaps because it was the most dysfunctional agency of all, the FBI has done the most to try to heal itself since 9/11. It is practically impossible to adequately describe how unfit the FBI has become over the past 25 years. The bureau had a long string of abysmal failures that included the botched standoff at Ruby Ridge and the betrayal by Robert Hanssen, who spied for the Russians for years while working inside the FBI. And many of the things that went "according to the book" inside the FBI made no sense at all. For years agents were barred...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: How To Fix Our Intelligence | 4/26/2004 | See Source »

JOIN A GYM. Exercising regularly is always a sound investment. According to a study of 7,000 men that was coauthored by Dr. Tedd Mitchell of the Cooper Clinic in Dallas, fit individuals spend half as many nights in the hospital as unfit individuals do. And with the cost of an overnight stay now in excess of $1,100 (according to the Healthcare Financing Administration), those visits add up. --With reporting by Carolyn Bigda

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Money: The Taxman Giveth | 4/19/2004 | See Source »

...motion argued that Pring-Wilson was unfit to recount events accurately, and his statements from that night should therefore not be presented at his trial, scheduled for June...

Author: By Hana R. Alberts and Joshua D. Gottlieb, CRIMSON STAFF WRITERSS | Title: Witnesses Testify in Murder Case | 4/16/2004 | See Source »

...fracturing the empire into a patchwork of squabbling fiefdoms. Terrible famines ravaged the imperial capital of Kyoto and its surrounding provinces, and Yoshimasa did nothing to alleviate the suffering. His penchant for luxury brought the empire to the edge of financial ruin. When he finally realized that he was unfit to rule and decided to abdicate, his indecisiveness about naming a successor provoked the 10-year Onin war, one of the most destructive conflicts in Japanese history...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: A Master of the Arts | 2/16/2004 | See Source »

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