11.   Its population of transient politicians and suburban commuters provides skimpy community leadership.

12.   Some suburban commuters took a day off, while some school districts and employers hastily hustled their people home early.

13.   Teachers heading to their classrooms left several minutes early, like suburban commuters angling to beat the morning rush hour.

14.   The greatest need was for housing, and planners wanted to avoid building new freeways and bridges onto the peninsula to transport suburban commuters to downtown jobs.

15.   To be sure, most adult riders and suburban commuters would probably manage the financial burden, the experts said, just as they had adjusted to previous increases.

16.   A massive railway strike Wednesday left thousands of suburban commuters stranded and brought rail deliveries of freight and fuel to a standstill.

17.   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.

18.   In Paris, protesters standing on the tracks prevented high-speed trains from making their regular runs to Brussels, though most subways and suburban commuter trains were running normally.

19.   Most subways and suburban commuter trains were running normally in the French capital.

20.   Suburban commuter traffic in and out of Paris was spotty, with lines south of the capital most affected.