Word: unhurt
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...have completely dislodged the Riffian artillery which has been desultorily peppering Tetuan from the hills throughout the winter. The citizens of Tetuan have grown thoroughly tired of this endless haphazard bombardment, though it was featured by several interesting "freak shots," such as the escape of an old woman unhurt when a shell destroyed the sewing machine at which she was seated...
...from the hotel in which the Mercedes was exhibited, another car with a steel body by Budd lay on its side?a Jordan which had just rolled down a 90-foot embankment in North Carolina. Mechanics righted it. The body, which had somersaulted six times, was practically unhurt. Away it drove to the Jordan plant 1,000 miles distant to be rehabilitated...
...Italians thus took themselves with deadly seriousness, an Italian naval seaplane (the adjective is not redundant) skimmed the upper surface of the Mediterranean off Spezia. An Italian submarine skimmed the under surface, only the top of its periscope showing. With a splintering crash, periscope met plane. The aviators somersaulted unhurt into the sea. The submarine commander, quickly bringing his craft to the surface, joined his crew in smiling broadly. The accident is thought to be unique. A tourist arriving at Geneva from Italy, last week, is reported to have brought with him a Fascist pamphlet filled catechismwise with questions...
...plunge, waited to see them open their parachutes. After descending a short distance, however, the men began to twist, whirl, somersault. Screams of horror went up from the onlookers. Rushing to the spot where the two would fall, these spectators found the courageous corporal, the intrepid sergeant. They were unhurt. When they had fallen 1,000 feet, they had pulled the ripcords of their parachutes, descended easily. Both said that at no time had they lost consciousness...
...will probably be a successful Writer-had young John Wiley (who saw military training only in its earliest stages-his Freshman year) been to the War in any capacity whatsoever, he could never have written The Education of Peter, Yet, his is a fresher generation, a healthier generation, an unhurt generation - a generation that should accomplish much...