1.   And they took the placards and picketed the bar for a time, even though there was snow on the sidewalk.

2.   The students turned up the volume, taking their placards beyond campus gates despite warnings of a military crackdown.

3.   He interrupted the hearing to ask a man who was standing under an NAACP banner with a Gore-Lieberman poster to take the placard outside.

4.   This time, troops loyal to Kabila halted the demonstration, took the placards away from the demonstrators, and detained dozens of them.

5.   This time, troops loyal to Kabila halted the demonstration, took the placards away from the demonstrators, and detained several of them.

6.   Troops loyal to Kabila halted the demonstration, took the placards away from the demonstrators, and detained several of them.

7.   The dissenters scuffled with security forces who tried to take the placards away.