Too-Close-To-Call Race for Mississippi Senate Leaves Democrats Eyeing Another Takedown of GOP Stronghold
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Based on the renowned novel many of us read in high school or college, the new movie retains some of the book’s characters and key events, though it modifies them to create a heightened narrative endpoint.
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The phrase “shell shock” was first used in an official document in 1915 by an English medical officer, though the coinage of the term is often ascribed to World War I soldiers. Plainly, it defined how the “shelling” “shocked” the nerves of affected troopers. Today, we use the term “post-traumatic stress disorder” to describe what happens to someone who has experienced a jolting, terrible experience, but shell shock remains the more direct expression.
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|The phrase “shell shock” was first used in an official document in 1915 by an English medical officer, though the coinage of the term is often ascribed to World War I soldiers. Plainly, it defined how the “shelling” “shocked” the nerves of affected troopers. Today, we use the term “post-traumatic stress disorder” to describe what happens to someone who has experienced a jolting, terrible experience, but shell shock remains the more direct expression.
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