1.   We only clutch our rifles more firmly and brace ourselves to receive the shock....

2.   Tesfamariam looked out over the canyon, clutching a rifle.

3.   The new soldiers, dressed in the red-speckled camouflage uniform of the KLA, ran from field to field clutching Kalashnikov rifles against their chests.

4.   The police erected new bunkers made of sandbags outside the American Center on Tuesday and crouched inside them Tuesday evening, clutching their rifles.

5.   The soldiers, clutching automatic rifles, stationed around the capital looked relaxed.

6.   Policemen clutching automatic rifles and backed by armored vehicles cordoned off the area, pushing and sometimes kicking away would-be onlookers.

7.   As the plane made its descent, Pfc. Jerry Lowengard clutched his rifle and took comfort in the fact that he had plenty of grenades and ammunition.

8.   Wearing fatigues and clutching a rifle, he swore that America would not know security until its troops were out of Saudi Arabia.

9.   At intervals soldiers clutching automatic rifles boarded buses, searching for anything suspicious.