1.   She thumped the table with her fist.

2.   The president and the prime minister thump the table, throw up their hands, inveigh against conservatism and talk of reform.

3.   Thrown off balance by the fierce reaction to an Israeli housing project in East Jerusalem, he thumped the table about terrorism.

4.   Parliament members thumped their tables in approval after the bill was adopted.

5.   Parliament members thumped their tables in approval after the bill was adopted Tuesday morning after an all-night session.

6.   But perhaps what really stands the Chinese businessmen apart from their Malay counterparts is that they are not thumping the table to demand help from the Government.

7.   But sometimes he thumped the table.

8.   Legislators thumped their tables in applause after the budget was approved unanimously by voice vote.