The Dowlings said living in such crowded conditions is adversely affecting the family's life.

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You know, the pleasures of family life can seem like a brief holiday from the crowded calendar of our nation's business.

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Weighing in at almost 1, 000 pages, but taking its subject only up to the age of 36, the book shows by its sheer length how much incident, complexity and controversy are crowded into the first half of his long life.

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More than 50 relatives of those killed or wounded in the sniper attacks crowded into the courtroom as Muhammad's lawyers made a last-minute plea to spare his life.

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But in crowded cities the great outdoors is rapidly becoming an elite destination - rather than a life-sentence to rural poverty - and domestic tourism is taking off along with the consumer lifestyle.

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