It is most difficult to recruit good police officers in Detroit, Michigan; due to applicants' prior convictions, flunking the written exam(試験に落ちる), not __________ the exam, and other various reasons, the field of 1,200 applicants was narrowed to 287 viable candidates(資格のある候補者).
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