41.   Regional governments across France also were hiring private bus companies to get around the transport strike.

42.   Schools were closed because private buses that take children to class were on strike.

43.   The city Tuesday hired two dozen private buses, but they could only handle about five percent of the normal load.

44.   The district, which is responsible for transporting private school children, contracts with the private bus company, Quigley Bus Service.

45.   The government is negotiating with private bus operators to perhaps quadruple that.

46.   The shots apparently were fired by someone in a car shortly after the private bus left the Century Club nightclub, police said.

47.   They apparently were traveling in a private bus.

48.   They could then close them, fire workers and contract private bus companies for some routes.

49.   They apparently were traveling in a private buses.

50.   To get around the train, subway and bus walkouts, authorities have hired hundreds of private buses in Paris and other cities.