1. And former Democratic President Jimmy Carter was invited to join Bush for a bipartisan photo opportunity pounding nails at a Habitat for Humanity home construction site in Florida. 2. At midday, Matt Roloff had already pounded nails into his four-level treehouse, mowed the soccer field, fed the llamas. 3. Across the way, construction workers are furiously hoisting beams, pounding nails and hanging drywall as house after house goes up on what used to be fields. 4. After being raised against the stipe, another nail was pounded through the feet. 5. But more than half the Serbs who came in this first group are past retirement age and unable to scramble up ladders and pound nails. 6. In another, a blond, pigtailed girl opened and shut window shutters, peering out at small craftsmen pounding nails and sawing. 7. Knezevic pounded nails into the three planks of wood that once formed the lid. 8. On a recent day, two parishioners pounded nails into eucalyptus poles, attempting to build a house of worship, the Church of the Holy Spirit. 9. That is, if he wants to be president instead of a guy pounding nails into homes for the poor with Jimmy Carter. 10. The demand is such that just about anyone who can pound a nail can find work in the local construction industry. |