1.   By that time, bonfires had already been started at the overflowing trash cans dotting the site.

2.   The workers also will paint over graffiti and monitor eyesores such as grimy alleys, burned-out street lights and overflowing trash bins.

3.   Hundreds of stores were closed Wednesday and city bus drivers and garbage collectors stayed off the job, leaving overflowing trash containers scattered in the streets.

4.   Hundreds of stores were closed and city bus drivers and garbage collectors stayed off the job, leaving overflowing trash containers scattered in the streets.