Word: fragmentism
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...Europe, was on a night patrol in Huertgen Forest when a mine blew his foot off. He lay where he had fallen, keeping his mouth shut so as not to betray his comrades to German infantrymen near by. Artillery shells whistled overhead in a constant barrage. A shell fragment struck his good...
...represents a valuable contribution to the problem of "Science and Intuition." Seeing the photo of the molecule was like retracing the flight of a genius to whom nature had revealed one of her innumerable secrets, a tiny fragment of her divine gestalt...
There was Russian power everywhere. The German garrison at Memel, which had held a last fragment of Lithuania since October, was overcome. And nearly 600 miles to the south, below Budapest, the Russians suddenly pushed out in new attacks...
...week's end the Czechs were discussing recognition with the Warsaw Government. In London, Dr. Benes and his Government hastened the packing of their bags for an earlier-than-planned return to the endangered fragment of their Republic...
Medics in the aid station near Bastogne silently pitied the young paratrooper. A replacement, he had been grievously wounded in his first action-a shell fragment had sheared off his left arm just below the shoulder. But the kid wanted no sympathy. He wanted something more specific: "One of you guys go back and find my arm. There's a wrist watch on it I want to keep...