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...confirmation. Adult Literacy in America, a 150- page survey conducted by the Princeton-based Educational Testing Service and released by the Department of Education, reported that roughly 90 million Americans over age 16 -- almost half that category's total population -- are, as far as most workplaces are concerned, basically unfit for employment...
...Iowa court declared that it could not and should not pay attention to the best interests of the child, that the only issue at hand in this case was the father. The Michigan Supreme Court deferred to Iowa's decision. Only if Daniel Schmidt was found to be unfit as a parent could the courts consider the rights of the little girl. This approach has made adoption advocates draw back in fury. "When you're dealing with a child who has had a 2 1/2-year relationship with a set of de facto parents," says Harvard law professor Elizabeth Bartholet, author...
...sooner had Mia Farrow won her child-custody battle against Woody Allen than she went back on the attack. After describing Allen as unfit to be left alone with his own children, acting state-supreme-court justice Elliot Wilk ruled that Allen could see his adopted daughter Dylan (who has asked to be called Eliza) only if the child's psychiatrist agreed, and could have only supervised visits totaling six hours a week with his biological son Satchel...
...That spring] shook me loose from an academic track," says Norr. In order to avoid the war, he went to his medical exam with peace symbols painted on his underwear and antiwar slogans on his feet. After getting sent to a psychiatrist. Norr was deemed mentally unfit and received a medical deferment...
...rumpled tweed sport coat, prompting observers to wonder, Was it the same one every day, or did he own many jackets that just looked the same? She favored severe blazers and blouses buttoned all the way up. Costumes aside, both tried to give the impression that the other was unfit to be a parent. In large measure, they both succeeded...