1.   As Mathews shoehorned an interview between meetings on a recent day, Chief of Staff Erskine Bowles, clutching a handful of papers, interrupted to confer with her.

2.   A few yards away clutching a handful of flowers, Janet Hall was beaming, minutes away from marrying Mike Nelson.

3.   Colleen Geier of Girard, Kan., clutched a handful of paper money.

4.   She clutched a handful of biscuits in her cold hands as the flies landed on her still lips.

5.   Augustin Shyirambere clutched a handful of small red beans and a cup of cooking oil.

6.   The officer clutched a handful of her skirt and held on for about five seconds as she scrambled to find a handhold on the building wall.

7.   The officer clutched a handful of her skirt and held onto her for about five seconds as she scrabbled to find a handhold on the building wall.

8.   Wearing the mandatory black turban and clutching a handful of books, Zair said he was troubled.

9.   Wearing the mandatory black turban and clutching a handful of school books Zair said he was upset.