1.   Because Saddam knows Clinton is unprepared to go all the way to land war, he is willing to absorb aerial punishment until we give up.

2.   Actually, the Red Sox could make it a four-way scuffle while Detroit is doomed to absorb constant punishment.

3.   Dessens, though, needed a full metal jacket to absorb punishment he took in the bottom of the first.

4.   He absorbed considerable punishment as a result of his strategy, mostly quick, straight right hands that rocked but never seriously hurt him.

5.   He wants more screaming and groaning from the student absorbing the punishment.

6.   Hollas recalled watching Klingler absorb brutal punishment, week after week.

7.   In the sport of boxing, where the ability to absorb punishment is in direct proportion to the ability to dish it out, Arturo Gatti is an anomaly.

8.   No excuse to watch him absorb more punishment on a night when he could not win.

9.   Ramos played one of his better games and absorbed more punishment than any other member of the MetroStars.

10.   They stand tall in the pocket and absorb punishment.