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As left-wing director Irving Pichel argued, "Nobody laments that there are no more buzzbombs and V-2's and burning cities and gas chambers for us to dramatize, but we must grant that the universal tragedy, from Warsaw to Nagasaki, while it was being enacted, gave America a unified morality which in turn gave films a mandate for reality and purpose."
Caught in the Crossfire: Adrian Scott and the Politics of Americanism in 1940s Hollywood 2007
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But this last summer they started in with those buzzbombs.
Gravity's Rainbow Pynchon, Thomas 1978
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She had been photographing the carnage since the blitz of London, producing thousands of photos of shattered buildings, orphaned children, people getting along with their lives under the nightly terror of the buzzbombs and V-2s.
CounterPunch 2009
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The four made do and fit 13 hooky as hell buzzbombs into the time they were given, packing in an extra solo here and there but pretty much sticking to the script and getting lots of love from the roaring crowd in return, especially after modern rock radio hits such as "Royal We" or the first set closing combo of "Panic Switch" and "Lazy
Restaurant Reviews 2010
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