Word: jammed
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...rumors raced through the maze of jam-packed shanties like a burning fuse: a fleet of government vehicles had arrived to relocate all 60,000 residents of the settlement, and a squad of toughs had been brought in to add muscle to the operation. The rumors proved false, but by dawn, the men of Crossroads, a wretched black squatters' camp in the sand dunes just outside Cape Town, began blocking the roads around their shacks with makeshift barricades of logs, stones, oil drums, old tires and anything else they could find. Then they set the barriers ablaze...
...like that anymore. Five players, running up and down the court. Sure, no one can jam, but you do see behind-the-back passes, double-pump dipsy do shots and dead-eyed 20 footers...
Harvard's Houses, in both their overall character and quality of life, have never been the same, are not the same now, and been never be the same as long as North House is still a collection of former women's dorms, Mather House is a jam-packed 17-story basement, and Lowell House can offer its seniors single rooms...
...homeless in flea-bitten welfare hotels. Buffalo, by contrast, has 450 beds for 300 homeless, including Robert ("Pastor Bob") Timberlake's brand-new $2.2 million, 153-bed mission, all paid for by private donations. Baltimore has no city-owned shelters; 100 street dwellers are turned away every night from jam-packed private missions. The city is helping private agencies raise money for the homeless by staging a Valentine's Day "Love Boat Party" at which, for $25 a head, revelers are supposed to "have a heart for the homeless...
...Barba has lots of company. A few years ago the only accessories travelers needed were some soft-sided bags to jam under the airplane seat and a voltage converter for foreign trips. These days voyagers are taking off with a cornucopia of helpful little gizmos for grooming, business, sports and safety...