ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD SHRAPNEL
Named after H. Shrapnel (1761–1842), English army officer, who invented it.
8 QUOTES WITH «SHRAPNEL»
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shrapnel.
Accidents happen, whether they're car accidents, friendly fire, drug overdoses. Accidents happen, and they're tragic. It's like a bomb that goes off and pieces of shrapnel rip into the flesh of the family. It's the families that need the compassion, because everywhere they walk, every day, someone reminds them of their loss.
When we got down from the ambulances there were sharp cracks about us as bursts of shrapnel splashed down upon the Town Hall square. Dead soldiers lay outside and I glanced at them coldly. We were in search of the living.
I have a lot of cultural references that have amassed in my brain like shrapnel over the years that are meaningful to me.
Human nerves quickly get accustomed to the most unusual conditions and circumstances and I noticed that quite a number of men actually fell asleep from sheer exhaustion in the trenches, in spite of the roaring of the cannon about us and the whizzing of shrapnel over our heads.
Suddenly, at about ten o'clock, a dull thud sounded somewhere far away from us, and simultaneously we saw a small white round cloud about half a mile ahead of us where the shrapnel had exploded. The battle had begun.
The short story is an imploding universe. It has all the boil of energy inside it. A novel has shrapnel going all over the place. You can have a mistake in a novel. A short story has to be perfect.
Body armor is meant to fit snug to the body to stop shrapnel and absorb a bullet's impact. Armor designed for a boxier male frame does not fit properly on the overwhelming majority of females, who have a very different stature and body type than their male counterparts.
Hats divide generally into three classes: offensive hats, defensive hats, and shrapnel.
10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «SHRAPNEL»
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Now, for the first time, we are able to read the author's own account of his experiences during World War II—events that went on to influence some of his greatest works. These are the tales that Wharton never wanted to tell his children.
Raymond enlists Gordon's help to deliver and collect some 'packages'. But is the work actually for the government? And will it have terrible consequences?
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Shrapnel in the Heart: Letters and Remembrances from the ...
For the first time, one book gives voice to the haunting, painful, tender, and healing tales of those who lost so much in America's least popular war. From the Trade Paperback edition.
An imaginative triumph, this carnivalesque narrative brings the history of an archetypal stage character to life.
Shrapnel explores the legacy of war in three generations of American men.
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Observations on the theory and practice of
Shrapnel Shells, ...
passage, which may be converted into a testimonial of efiEiciency of the
Shrapnel shells on that occasion. Much execution is said to have been done by
some pieces of our artillery, which fired shells (boulets creux), and though he
may have ...
Richard Somner SETON, 1854
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The
Shrapnel Shell in England and in Belgium ... A ...
Bursting charge in a cylindrical space which runs diametrically through the
interior sphere of the shell: I.) Interstices of bullets filled up with charcoal dust, ......
... ...... .... ..the Hessian Shrapnel, as proposed by Captain Breithaupt (*). 2.)
Interstices ...
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A Glance at the Present State of the
Shrapnel Question in ...
The Dutch Shrapnel-—Respecting this Shrapnel I have to rectify an error, which
an experienced Dutch Artillerist, General Van Meurs, late Minister of War, was so
kind as to notice to me in a friendly letter of May 19, 1859 (Ministry of \Var, ...
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The
Shrapnel Academy: A Novel
A Novel Fay Weldon. grounds. Chauffeurs wait, the wrong side of lighted
windows, and while they wait they brood. A right, another right, over a hump-
backed bridge, a sharp left along a rutted lane — bump, bump; past a hitchhiker
— man or ...
Shrapnel. Aluminum Co. of America — Periscope tubing. American Arms Fuse
Co. — Time fuses. American Brake Shoe Co. — Shrapnel. American Brass Co.,
Kenosha, Wis. — Shrapnel. American Locomotive Co. — Locomotives, shrapnel
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10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «SHRAPNEL»
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Australia set for housing oversupply by 2018: BIS Shrapnel
However, economic and property forecaster BIS Shrapnel is predicting the current residential development boom will erase that deficit nationally by 2018. «ABC Online, Jul 15»
Kangaroos in snow jolt Australian vineyard owner, but 'roos take it in …
Kangaroos are a common sight for Australian vineyard owner Bill Shrapnel, but a winter storm this week was the first time he'd seen a 'roo in the snow. Shrapnel ... «CBC.ca, Jul 15»
BIS Shrapnel forecasts moderate home price falls by 2018
BIS Shrapnel predicts that low interest rates will support further price rises in most capital cities this financial year, but the prospect of rising interest rates and ... «ABC Online, Jun 15»
Takata airbags at center of major recall linked to 8th death
Airbags made by the Japanese manufacturer were found to explode and send shrapnel into the face and body, mainly in the event of an accident. So far ... «Fox 59, Jun 15»
Public service's 100000sqm of empty space in Canberra: BIS …
BIS Shrapnel allowed 15 square metres for each of the 8000 territory-based bureaucrats who had left the public service in recent years which created 120,000 ... «The Canberra Times, Jun 15»
Honda, Takata Sued Over Air Bag Shrapnel Death in Malaysia
The father of a pregnant woman killed by shrapnel from an air bag that deployed during an auto accident in Malaysia sued Takata Corp. and Honda Motor Co. in ... «Bloomberg, Apr 15»
Finger pointing ... A BUK missile system like that suspected to be …
RTLNieuws last night reported it had the pieces of shrapnel examined by forensic experts. Their microscopic and materials analysis states they appear to match ... «NEWS.com.au, Mar 15»
Shrapnel review – Anders Lustgarten's short, sharp play about the …
Anders Lustgarten is the most internationally minded dramatist working in Britain today. In this short, sharp play he confronts us with the Roboski massacre, ... «The Guardian, Mar 15»
Sydney house prices to jump 20pc in next two years, says BIS …
In Melbourne, house prices will barely keep pace with inflation, according to BIS Shrapnel, rising a cumulative five per cent between June 2015 and June 2017, ... «The Australian Financial Review, Mar 15»
Robinson officer hit by shrapnel after Waco officer accidentally …
A Waco police officer accidentally discharged a weapon at the McLennan County jail. Shrapnel from the bullet struck a Robinson officer standing nearby, but did ... «Waco Tribune-Herald, Jan 15»
