Word: bombed
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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Made of a tin box, an iron pipe, a pinch of gun powder, a box of matches, sandpaper and some wax, the "bomb" turned out to be a "practical joke...
Experience has taught most inhabitants of Mexico to be calm in the presence of bombs. Therefore when Chief of Police Edmondo Herrera of the rebel garrisoned city of Juarez, saw a large red bomb lying in the gutter, one evening last week, he stopped his car and inspected it professionally. It was a time bomb, containing about 24 Ibs. of dynamite and set to explode...
...said the Chief and he called a soldier, ordering him to take the bomb to the headquarters of General Augustin de la Vega, the rebel commander, and destroy it. The soldier, misunderstanding, left the bomb ticking quietly on General de la Vega's desk...
...What's this?" cried he with an expression of disgust. "A bomb on my desk? Juan!" he called to his orderly. "Take this away and throw it in the canal...
...orderly saluted. General de la Vega turned on his heel and left for a rapid tour of inspection of the defences of Juarez. Nearly an hour later he returned to his office, prepared to plunge at once into the mass of papers accumulated on his desk. The large red bomb was still there, still ticking...