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Too much of "The Normal Heart," alas, is given over to speech-making, and the intimate scenes in which we see the characters living their lives rather than talking about them are so involving and persuasive that the table-pounding becomes all the more regrettable by contrast.
Larry Kramer, Loud and Clear Terry Teachout 2011
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A big round one, of plain boards, without even an oil-cloth, the wood stained with the countless drinks spilled by the table-pounding of the philosophers, and it could seat thirty.
CHAPTER XVIII 2010
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- FDL's Michael Whitney notices that Don Blankenship, head of the now-infamous Massey Energy, is no longer listed as a Chamber of Commerce board member and his bio has been deleted, coming at the same time that the Chamber is table-pounding for less regulation by agencies like, say, the Mine Safety and Health Administration.
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"And maybe there'll be some more table-pounding conversations around the dinner table?"
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The table-pounding between Israel and Iran recalls the Palestinian joke about the unfortunate woman who revealed on her wedding night that she had been married three times before but nonetheless insisted that she was still a virgin.
Robert Naiman: Iran Sends Aid Boat to Gaza, Risking Exposure of Hyped Israel-Iran Conflict 2010
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But Blagojevich's defense team is headed by Sam Adam Jr., whose dramatic, table-pounding closing argument at R&B star R. Kelly's child pornography trial preceded a complete acquittal and proved he's not helpless in the face of tough evidence.
Blagojevich Trial: With Prosecution To Rest Soon, What Have They Proved? 2010
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We talked about how he and his family used to have table-pounding conversations about climate change.
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We talked about how he and his family used to have table-pounding conversations about climate change.
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"And maybe there'll be some more table-pounding conversations around the dinner table?"
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That we have reached a table-pounding moment should have been evident to all on February 7th when, in a front page story in the New York Times, Wall Street publicly expressed its "buyer's remorse" with the Democrats, and now looked to shift their political contributions to Republicans, who eagerly sought to offer Wall Street contributors a more appreciative home for their largesse.
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