Nay! When the earth is pounded to powder,

Nay! When the earth is pounded to powder,

No when the earth is leveled, pounded, and crushed.

No when the earth is leveled, pounded, and crushed.

No! But when the earth quakes and is pounded,

No! But when the earth quakes and is pounded,

No! When the earth has been leveled pounded and crushed

No! When the earth has been leveled pounded and crushed

Surely when We pound the earth to powder grounded, pounded to dust,

Surely when We pound the earth to powder grounded, pounded to dust,

Linda Low, Toh Mun Heng, Soon Teck Wong, Tan Kong Yam and Helen Hughes (1993).

My beloved thrust his hand in through the latch opening. My heart pounded for him.

My beloved thrust his hand in through the latch opening. My heart pounded for him.

See two book length analysis of EDB Linda Low, Toh Mun Heng, Soon Teck Wong, Tan Kong Yam and Helen Hughes (1993).

It's been pounded for a billion years with a lot of energy to make it have all that energy contained in it.

The tsunami pounded almost 700 kilometres of the Somali coastline, from the northern tip of Hafun to the southern coast of Mogadishu and beyond.

HONG KONG Joseph Yam, the head of the Hong Kong Monetary Authority (HKMA) and a career civil servant, is retiring. Ordinarily, that should not be a newsworthy event, yet it is, and for good reasons.

The HKMA s Compensation Committee had the sole responsibility for setting Yam s salary. But, during his 16 year tenure, Yam put his own appointees on that committee, choosing them from the financial sector that he regulates.

Yam remains a hero to many in Hong Kong, including journalists unschooled in international finance. To them, he is the guardian of the Hong Kong dollar, which has been fixed at 7.8 to the US dollar for 26 years.

He claims that he should be rewarded as a fund manager supervising a multibillion dollar fund in the private sector. But, whereas private sector professionals are fired or have their salaries reduced for poor performance, Yam wanted private sector pay with none of the downside risk.

At this writing, Yam is widely criticized in Hong Kong for failing to protect small investors against the dishonest sales tactics of a number of banks in their selling of toxic Lehman Brothers derivatives disguised as bonds. He denies any responsibility, even though the HKMA oversees all financial institutions.

Mr. Tan Kok Yam (Singapore) I am taking the floor to explain my delegation's vote in favour of draft resolution A C.1 60 L.56, entitled Implementation of the Convention on the Prohibition of the Use, Stockpiling, Production and Transfer of Anti personnel Mines and on Their Destruction .

The New York Times (November 6) wrote that warplanes pounded rebel positions in Falluja, without noting that rebel positions are actually in civilian neighborhoods. Another New York Times story (November 12), citing military officials, dutifully reported that, Since the assault began on Monday, about 600 rebels have been killed, along with 18 American and 5 Iraqi soldiers.

Recent reporting on the bombing of Falluja has also been an exercise in self denial. The New York Times (November 6) wrote that warplanes pounded rebel positions in Falluja, without noting that rebel positions are actually in civilian neighborhoods. Another New York Times story (November 12), citing military officials, dutifully reported that, Since the assault began on Monday, about 600 rebels have been killed, along with 18 American and 5 Iraqi soldiers.