Virtually unknown outside his native Romania, with a perfectly pencil-thin mustache and a voice that flutters in mid-air, Siminica packed cafes and clubs in Bucharest in the 1960s.

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But if you've had your fill of security checks, Space Mountain-size ticketing lines and the general cattle-call atmosphere of major airports, smaller air-transit hubs are packed with sweet surprises and can make for a less stressful and, dare we say it, far more pleasurable trip.

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The single 120mm shell landed on a stall in the packed open-air market just before noon leaving Muslims and Serbs dead and injured.

BBC: 5 February

The camp was a dozen long rows of mobile homes, packed tight with air-conditioned sleeping pods. (I spent a comfortable night inside one.) Offices, cafeteria this would all soon be gone.

NEWYORKER: The Miner��s Daughter

There is not one case of transmission on our sardine-packed public-transport system or through the air-conditioning systems in office buildings.

ECONOMIST: Preferential treatment

It took the jury just under three hours to reach their unanimous verdicts which were greeted with muted cheers and air-punches by family and friends of Ms Martin in the packed public gallery.

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The game had the trappings of significance a packed house, national television, a concrete-shaking Air Force flyover but as I walked around the park in the middle innings, it was obvious that something was missing.

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Despite relentless air strikes, they continue to occupy high-altitude strategic points in the snow-packed mountains of Kargil and adjoining areas.

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