11.   A line snaked halfway up the block, while more visitors stationed themselves on a pedestrian island in the middle of Times Square.

12.   A line snaked outside the movie theater.

13.   A long line snaked around the grounds of the church headquarters, with those waiting occasionally breaking into traditional Mormon hymns.

14.   A line also snaked outside the door at Bethel Pharmacy.

15.   A line of spectators snaked the length of half a football field down the hallway outside the courtroom as they waited to hear final arguments in the murder trial.

16.   A line snakes down the front stairs and around the block at the China Club in Midtown Manhattan.

17.   A long line snakes around the Salvation Army building in Irving.

18.   A huge line snaked around the Oklahoma Blood Institute, and people waited in the midday sun for seven hours to donate blood.

19.   A long line of customers snaked out of the new cafe.

20.   Across the country, lines snaked around theaters, callers jammed ticket-sales phone lines and computer-users tied up online ticket outlets.