(Thumping)

I'm thumping.

And my secretly thumping heart screams out loud

Fadil heard a thumping sound coming from the basement.

She's a model, believe it or not, and a thumping bore.

The errant MPs were rapidly silenced, and the visitor received a table thumping welcome from the rest of the House.

And there's this loud thumping on the door after about 45 minutes in all this, and people were shouting in Korean.

If the thumping of hammers replaces the thunder of guns, many nations will be more than willing to extend a helping hand.

Instead, in the UK and elsewhere, the predictable MFF chest thumping that is now underway threatens to dispatch this kind of opportunity to the bin beneath the negotiating table.

Chest thumping exceptionalism has given way to a more sober patriotism, in which ordinary citizens recognize the long term trends eroding the promise of equal opportunity, particularly the shortcomings that beset the country s health care, education, and infrastructure systems.