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That particular kind of mine is called a Bouncing Betty, which is designed to pop up into the air, then detonate at head height in order to kill more people.
Gideon’s war Howard Gordon 2011
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That particular kind of mine is called a Bouncing Betty, which is designed to pop up into the air, then detonate at head height in order to kill more people.
Gideon’s war Howard Gordon 2011
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That particular kind of mine is called a Bouncing Betty, which is designed to pop up into the air, then detonate at head height in order to kill more people.
Gideon’s war Howard Gordon 2011
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Bouncing from a once-deep-blue state to another, Obama then heads to California, where he will raise money in San Francisco for the Democratic National Committee and in Los Angeles for Democratic Sen. Barbara Boxer, now in a virtual tie with former Hewlett-Packard chief executive Carly Fiorina.
Obama stumps in Oregon, kicking off 4-day swing through blue states Philip Rucker 2010
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That particular kind of mine is called a Bouncing Betty, which is designed to pop up into the air, then detonate at head height in order to kill more people.
Gideon’s war Howard Gordon 2011
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As he says himself, "Bouncing is what Tiggers do best".
"I want to touch you again." yuki_onna 2008
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(which started with Jumping off the Planet and continued in Bouncing off the Moon).
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And you've also got an even nastier variety, which in the U.S. is called a Bouncing Betty which, when the mine is tripped, it jumps up to chest height and throws fragments in all directions.
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About the sixth man in front of me stepped on a German “S” mine, called a Bouncing Betty.
The Story of World War II Donald L. Miller 1945
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About the sixth man in front of me stepped on a German “S” mine, called a Bouncing Betty.
The Story of World War II Donald L. Miller 1945
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