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