21.   Teammates stand at the start and finish lines holding metal poles.

22.   That is what two men asked Surinder Singh Sidhu before they beat him with metal poles at his liquor store.

23.   The blast knocked down metal light poles, chopped palm trees in half and hurled manhole covers into the air.

24.   The culprit was a jammed metal pole used to prop the hood in lieu of the worn-out original hood struts.

25.   The hallways and waiting rooms were filled with dozens of victims, forming a forest of identical metal poles and fluid drips.

26.   The latest metal poles are rough-hewn but skinny, and forged iron has replaced brass as the material of choice.

27.   The signs are now on metal poles that range from six to nine feet.

28.   The trees in their yards are spindly twigs lashed to metal poles to keep from blowing over in the wind.

29.   The vehicle sheared off a separate metal pole, tore branches off trees, displaced part of a rockery and left deep muddy tire ruts near the telephone pole.

30.   There, dogs are beaten to death on the spot, often as their owners watch, by police officers wielding long metal poles.