The European court said, however, that Mr. Frumkin — and thousands of others — could hardly comply while trapped in the tightly packed crowd.
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On November 13, 453, 90 people were killed after three men entered the venue during an Eagles of Death Metal concert, firing indiscriminately into the tightly packed crowd.
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What's "reasonably predictable" has been shifting for years, and the question of whether a tightly packed crowd is vulnerable to sniper fire is not obviously unreasonable — especially in a city already known to be an attractive target for terrorism.
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In the middle of the throng, Planned Parenthood volunteers were taking donations and handing out pro-choice paraphernalia; later, the tightly-packed crowd would part to allow Planned Parenthood President Cecile Richards to pass, vibrant in a hot pink blazer, with a chorus of deafening cheers.
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In a better world, we would not have to worry about whether a tightly packed crowd of 22,000 people attending a concert would make a tempting target to a murder-minded man in one of the surrounding high-rise hotels, but we do not live in that world.
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Warriors who had fled were hanged or slain. According to the Roman historian Tacitus, the Keil was a tightly packed crowd, strong on all sides, not only in front and back, but also on the flanks.Tacitus, Hist. IV, 20 The formation was not like a wedge but more like a rectangle with forty warriors in the first line and 1,600 men strong.
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Another smaller rally took place at Emerson's riding office the next day. On April 2, a crowd, variously estimated between 1000 and 1200 participated in a Walk for Democracy organized by a group calling themselves Real Democracy. At times the tightly packed crowd stretched out over five blocks along one lane of Kingsway as the march proceeded along the 2 kilometre route past Emerson's constituency office to the rally.
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As she explained, "I have an inordinate craving to fly at a tremendous height, and I intend to indulge myself."Edna Christofferson with the hydroplane used on her honeymoon flight Edna (right) and Silas Christofferson kiss goodbye Becker was the second of the women to ride with Silas Christofferson, taking off at 5 PM. With no safety harness, she clung to an aluminum bar with a half-inch diameter. Despite a strong wind, the two reached an altitude of 1,250 feet. Upon landing, they received a standing ovation from the tightly packed crowd.
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