misses:
They feel the blast, they see the
destruction, are horrified by the
carnage, perhaps they are wounded,
but they survive deeply impressed.
“Impression” means, here, a powerful
reinforcement of the fear reaction in
association with bombing. It may
result in “shock,” a loose term that
covers anything from a dazed state or
actual stupor to jumpiness and
preoccupation with the horrors that
have been witnessed.
Third, he said, are the remote misses.
These are the people who listen to the