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Line-outs went astray, mauls were jammed up and disrupted, the continuity wouldn't come.

James Fallows, the former editor of The Atlantic, wrote recently about walking through the Mall area in Washington on a beautiful, mercifully cool summer day when it should have been jammed with tourists.

"It is very frustrating. I sit and grim it; it is always jammed."

Under the scorching Manhattan Beach sun, fans stayed jammed along the railings.

"This room is jammed packed full of stuff, my tent and my belongings… but it's so good to sleep in a bed, to take a shower, to use a private bathroom, it feels absolutely amazing."