11.   Using his rod to grab the line, Whitaker said he felt the fish bump against his foot.

12.   Helmeted rescue workers used iron rods to pry up slabs of concrete and metal, searching for survivors.

13.   The micro bar codes using metal rods, he said, would provide almost unlimited number of identifying patterns.

14.   The rods are used to control and stop a nuclear reaction.

15.   Merchants, scholars, monks and court officials would use the rods as a calculator, placing them on the ground in various positions to represent the nine numerals.

16.   News reports said the prisoners cut their leg irons and used iron rods to break through the cell walls before jumping to freedom.

17.   The head of the regional radiation and chemical safety department told the television that children had used graphite rods to play with.