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"Absorber" Quotes from Famous Books

... ultimate victory. The daily reports of the General Staff have been excellent, with a few notable exceptions such as the Battle of the Marne and the Battle of the Somme. During reverses, however, they have shown a tendency to pack unpalatable truths in plenty of "shock absorber," with the result that the public mind, as I know from my personal investigations, is completely befogged as to the significance of military operations which did not go in a manner satisfactory to the German leaders. In all this the headline ...

— The Land of Deepening Shadow - Germany-at-War • D. Thomas Curtin

... the only conceivable reason for finding fault with it is that "FLIGHT COMMANDER" occasionally becomes a little facetious. But when that small complaint is made I have nothing left except praise. The author was first of all an Observer—or, as he calls it, a "Shock Absorber"—in France, and he describes his life so that we groundlings may understand and sympathise with every phase of it. Especially I like the way in which he pays tribute to the infantry. In the second part of his book he tells us of his training as a pilot; and here he gives information ...

— Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 156, Feb. 12, 1919 • Various

... ve mas que la sombra del bien ajeno. (p117) El egoista esta siempre asfixiado por falta de otro mundo que absorber.... ...

— Novelas Cortas • Pedro Antonio de Alarcon