11.   The museum director pulled a hammer from the tool chest, pounded the nail into the wall and gently hung the last of the four prized paintings.

12.   The problem is more complex than deciding where to pound the nail for the painting.

13.   When they pounded the nails into the tar paper, they used store-bought washers instead of bottle caps, which goes to show how modern Mexico has become.

14.   Working without a manual is about as productive as trying to pound nails with a rock.

15.   But the House speaker was sometimes tentative when he pounded nails into a light blue siding Saturday on a house he is helping build for a poor family.

16.   Even as the questioning went on, soldiers pounded nails as they built new wooden rooms that are to become a more permanent interrogation centers.

17.   Ms. Gross said people have volunteered to help rebuild the homes even if they have to pound the nails themselves.