Word: shocked
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...Colt company with a barrel so overbored that a bullet could be dropped right through the barrel without sticking. Add to this the fact that they were furnished with a quite hard bullet, sharp on the point, it is easy to see why they pierced flesh without delivering the shock they could have given if made blunt or square-shouldered. The English furnished their .455-caliber with a hollow cup blunt end, and when one of these struck it was curtains for the victim...
After the first stunning shock, the defenders swung into action. Spotters in the Navy Yard signal tower picked up the attackers, flashed air-raid warnings via visual signals. Working coolly under enemy bombs and machine-gun fire and shrapnel from defending anti-aircraft batteries, the signalmen routed scores of orders to ships standing out to sea or fighting from berths...
This week panic buyers of sugar and flour remembered how they had done the same thing in 1939, and how foolish they felt afterward. Theater attendance picked up. Christmas buying edged back to normal. The first shock was over...
...between the desire to pursue his studies and desire to serve his country. In a hurriedly formulated plan, a procedure has been worked out which would enable the student to, in a worthy measure, do both. The plan, which calls for the volunteer organization of Civilian Students' Emergency Service Shock Brigades, under the supervision of the Committee of Public Safety, was outlined to several Faculty members of local universities, most of whom have given their approval...
...expected of each volunteer that he allot a portion of his time to defense training in his school so that he will shortly become adept at executing almost any position in Civilian Defense. Thus, in the event of an emergency, whenever additional defense personnel is needed, the versatile Shock Brigades could be called upon for service...