1.   Almost reflexively, New York subway riders are a querulous lot.

2.   And among commuters, there is considerable sympathy for subway riders.

3.   And for your next CD, tell us what you really think about those subway riders in New York City.

4.   Another suggested detergents so powerful that the cleaners would need chemical-warfare protective suits, even as unprotected subway riders gingerly stepped around them.

5.   At first, some subway riders did not take it too seriously.

6.   A subway rider sprays passengers with cleaning fluid.

7.   Advocates for subway riders said the planned hiring of the cleaners was an acknowledgment that the system had got dirtier.

8.   But at bottom, he said as people came by to chat and plumb its meaning, the sculpture reflects something any subway rider can appreciate.

9.   But during his two years on the board, some subway rider advocates said, he has leaned too far toward saving money.

10.   But on Sunday she fell victim to a crime that lurks in the subconconscious of many a subway rider.