1.   The toll collectors are already being offered five pence by people who think the price is already gone up.

2.   Along that quintessential New Jersey symbol, the Turnpike, toll collectors are now required to wear rubber gloves when collecting cash from people to protect themselves from anthrax.

3.   An altercation ensued, and Gaines, a part-time toll collector and Navy veteran, fled down the deserted subway platform.

4.   At a news conference at the headquarters Sunday afternoon, the Turnpike Authority officials said any job action by the toll collectors would be illegal.

5.   At a rancorous union meeting Sunday afternoon, the toll collectors voted unanimously to authorize a walkout.

6.   A judge in state Superior Court ordered the toll collectors to return to work.

7.   But Nutt acknowledged that trouble could develop should the toll collectors orchestrate a work slowdown.

8.   But toll collectors are betting the machines will never capture the hearts of the driving public.

9.   During their breaks this week, the toll collectors reminisced near the office of their supervisor, Richard Bluett.

10.   For self-appointed toll collectors, the trick is in the pacing.