1.   Brandishing guns and bamboo spears, they broke down the door, crowding into the tiny office.

2.   Hundreds of supporters descended on Jakarta, the capital, some armed with knives and bamboo spears.

3.   Otherwise, the Tokyo broadcaster says, the defense force will have to relay on Samurai swords, bamboo spears or any other available weapon.

4.   Women were drilling with bamboo spears.

5.   And then there were the many barefoot revolutionaries who could barely read or write but could get wonderful military results with knives and bamboo spears.

6.   As he spoke, he cradled a bamboo spear.

7.   Catch fish with a bamboo spear, and roast rats over an open fire.

8.   Instead of fighting with bamboo spears, swords, guns or tanks, they used banners, placards, the mass media and the Internet.

9.   Stab them in the stomach with bamboo spears, people were told.

10.   Women tied up their kimono sleeves with thin sashes and practiced skewering straw dummies with bamboo spears.