1.   At a second hearing last October, clashes broke out when police officers, wielding batons, refused to let protesting villagers inside.

2.   It is fitting that Kubelik should have been wielding the baton.

3.   Nearby is Severance Hall where Cristoph Von Dohnanyi wields the baton for the Cleveland Orchestra, considered one of the finest in the land.

4.   Police briefly wielded riot batons to bring the crowd under control.

5.   The crowd was repulsed by water cannons and hundreds of riot police wielding batons.

6.   The PUC was the big cop, wielding a baton that gave it the unquestioned authority to inspect utility books and equipment, issue citations and levy fines.

7.   Wielding batons and lobbing tear gas canisters, the security forces emptied Tehran University Monday evening in a campaign to crush the demonstrations.

8.   Palestinian anti-riot police wielding batons clashed in Gaza Thursday with stone-throwing youths protesting the killing of two residents by Palestinian police.

9.   Police firing guns and wielding batons then injured scores when they beat a path out for legislators trapped inside.

10.   Police wielded batons, striking some demonstrators.