There was, naturally, a line snaking away from the truck, which had been assembled in (and not driven into) the terminal.

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After a couple of incarnations, Lombardi's Pizza is still open in Little Italy after 100 years, usually with a long line snaking out the door.

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Others might be standing in a line snaking hundreds of bodies long into your friendly local Apple Store, reading this post from the comfort of your Motorola RAZR V3 and realizing that these are some of the last moments you'll be using a physical keypad.

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The winner of my informal poll on where to get the best ice cream was nearly unanimously Juice Bar (12 Broad Street, 508-228-5799), a small corner shop in Nantucket town that deservedly has a line snaking out its door and around the corner during high season.

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But by then we had six full candy bags to pay for so I glanced over at the cash register and saw that the line was snaking around the store.

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The door guy at the Mab recognizes Lou and whisks us past the snaking line of people waiting for the Cramps and the Nuns, who are playing later on.

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It is set inside a beautifully restored 1867 mansion - follow the sounds (and the snaking line) up the marble staircase to a high-ceilinged room with a long stage packed with musicians.

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An unruly line of what looked like 1, 000 travelers waited between crowd-control ropes, snaking off into the distance.

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