1.   And the taxi dispatcher, Colin Wills, earned the wrath of stranded commuters when he told them of the strike.

2.   As Griffey glanced at the names on the lockers, he looked like a stranded commuter staring at an unkind airport flight schedule.

3.   He helped organize an evacuation, using ferries and private boats, and helped take tens of thousands of stranded commuters to New Jersey.

4.   Taxis have done little to help stranded commuters, with many drivers unwilling to enter streets where they would be stuck for hours with the buses and private cars.

5.   Other youths blockaded roads with piles of burning tires as clusters of stranded commuters looked on.

6.   Other youths blockaded roads with piles of burning tires, as clusters of stranded commuters looked on.

7.   As the demonstration stopped rush hour traffic, some stranded commuters jeered the shabbily dressed women, while others waved at them in support.

8.   Card games are common among strangers on the government-leased buses, and hotels are offering cut rates for stranded suburban commuters who double or triple up.

9.   For the better part of a month, the French laid aside their instinctive mistrust of strangers, organizing carpools and offering stranded commuters a room for the night.

10.   Mayor Alejo Yanez told government vehicles to carry stranded commuters, but they could not pass through the barricades.