1.   Joseph Schumpeter was downright eccentric, showing up for classes dressed in jodhpurs and carrying a riding crop.

2.   She was prying open the weave of the bag so that she could work the handle of her riding crop into it.

3.   Billy Wilder is striding up and down in his office, whacking at his leg with a riding crop.

4.   Instead of a gun, MacArthur carried a riding crop.

5.   Is he communicative and forthcoming or does he whip the palms of your hands with a riding crop every time you ask a question?

6.   Returning, he would ring the gatehouse bell with his riding crop.

7.   Talk of reform is the Washington equivalent of thigh boots and a riding crop.

8.   The Greenwich police report notes the presence of sadomasochistic paraphernalia, including ropes, a riding crop and videotapes.

9.   The local Gestapo man gives his face a good going-over with a riding crop.

10.   Yes, Prince Charles has put down the riding crop in favor of the brush.