When the wax surrounding the nail melts, the nail clatters onto a plate below.

SJ I think it's under my right hand.

So, now you don't know where the spike is, and I don't know where it is either, OK.

KB Now, Steve, do you think it's here? Yes or no?

Now, Steve, you know where the spike is, but nobody else, does? Correct?

Do you think the spike is under your left hand, or under your right hand?

But without implementation, our declarations ring hollow.

Given the magnitude of the Greek crisis, they will all ring hollow.

The government, indeed, prefers to offer only hollow initiatives focused narrowly on the economy.

The death knell for the Spanish Empire in the Americas was Napoleon's invasion of the Iberian peninsula in 1808.

Recent developments in molecular biology have put the final nail in the coffin of traditional genetic determinism.

Don't move the cups, because I don't want anybody to see where the spike is, but give the plinths an extra mix up, and then line them up, like this, all right?

The advantages of pooling sovereignty and resources ring increasingly hollow to ordinary Europeans.

But, at least as far as Asia is concerned, arguments about the end of American hegemony ring hollow.

It consists of series of more than 600 hollow steel pipes welded together in a wave like pattern.

Such remarks from senior military authorities suggest that Obama s warnings may be hollow.

Without its gradual imposition, an Asian Union could at best remain only a pale and hollow copy of its European model.

Trent engines use hollow titanium fan blades with an internal Warren girder structure to achieve strength, stiffness and robustness at low weight.

Certainly, without a more equitable income distribution, official talk of creating a harmonious society will sound empty.

Any China bashing and protectionist pleas this time around will most likely ring just as hollow.

They argue that articles 12 and 33 of the Constitution are not simply accessory provisions which, standing alone, have no substance they confer substantive rights.

Claims that they lack the needed resources ring hollow, as trillions of dollars were found to bail out banks in the financial crisis.

War threats in the Middle East should never be dismissed as hollow. Prophecies of war, moreover, have too frequently proven themselves to be self fulfilling.

Without internationally agreed upon mechanisms for designating and managing marine protected areas in international waters, the commitments made in Nagoya will amount to little more than hollow promises.

But we can t, instead what is offered is a hollow vision of the common good that consists merely in successive rounds of cuts in state expenditures.

KB OK. Now, Steve, I'm going to stand in front of the table, OK. When I stand in front of the table, I want you to put the cups on the plinths, like this, in any order you want, and then mix them all up, so nobody has any idea where the spike is, all right?

But even a purely rhetorical structure would probably sound the death knell of the OAS, and weaken its human rights instruments, which have proved increasingly valuable and effective.

While I do not believe that a West Bank Jordan confederation could ever be a viable option, it might be the last nail in the coffin of a two state solution.

Young women are usually deceived into joining the industry with the empty promise that they will eventually become advertising models, singers or film stars.

And the euro s appreciation in recent years driven in part by the European Central Bank s excessively tight monetary policy was the final nail in the competitiveness coffin.

When it comes to laws on the books, no generation has inherited the riches that we have. We are blessed with what amounts to an international bill of human rights, among which are impressive norms to protect the weakest among us, including victims of conflict and persecution .

If Bulgaria sends this man back to Turkmenistan where he faces certain torture and the threat of a brutal death our claim to be part of a democratic, rights respecting Europe will ring hollow.

But the ministers words will ring hollow if, as with similar statements made at prior G 20 summits in London and Toronto, member states do not translate them into action.

For the French, Sarkozy s determination to act, despite the odds, seems far superior to the passive cynicism of those who preach abstention or satisfy themselves with empty words.

In the recent election campaign, the PDP, unable to point to concrete achievements, simply made new promises. But they rang hollow to ordinary Nigerians.

China s answers to those questions are clear it is no longer willing to risk financial and economic stability on the basis of Washington s hollow promises and tarnished economic stewardship.

Indeed, Tunisia is a stern test of the EU s Mediterranean partnership a long promoted policy that so far consists of little more than empty phrases.

These charges need to be investigated if President Medvedev s claims to want a society based on the rule of law are not to ring hollow.

The single crystal nickel alloy turbine blades are also hollow, and air is pushed through laser drilled holes in them to cool them because the gas temperature is higher than the melting point of the blades.

And solemn commitments to strengthen democracy at home, which all States made in the Millennium Declaration, remain empty words to those who have never voted for their rulers and who see no sign that things are changing.

Jacketed Hollow Point (JHP) Soon after the invention of the JSP, Woolwich Arsenal in Great Britain experimented with this design even further by forming a hole or cavity in the nose of the bullet while keeping most of the exterior profile intact.

China s answers to those questions are clear it is no longer willing to risk financial and economic stability on the basis of Washington s hollow promises and tarnished economic stewardship.

The promises to care for the poor and disadvantaged that are being made by all the candidates will turn out to be as empty as all the other rhetoric about justice and equality that Bolivians have heard in their long, sad history.

We should boldly move forward to ensure that the founding principles enshrined in the Charter of the United Nations which commit all Members to protect human life and dignity and to ensure respect for universal human rights and freedoms as a foundation for peace, security and development do not become mere words of intent.

Too often, bank bosses promises to change the corporate culture and ensure their employees good conduct have not been matched by fully effective implementation. In too many cases, banks are still failing to fulfill their obligations in serving their communities and the public at large.