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According to Sanchez's research, the 18-in.-per-bottom measurement traditionally used by seat engineers is now considered obsolete. Puget Sound ferries that once seated 250 Seattle commuters comfortably have been forced to carry fewer passengers because of what was diagnosed, after some study, as posterior creep. A seating consultant has advised a Seattle theater that's under restoration to include a few dozen 24-in. seats, and is training staff members "how to make subtle overtures to obese patrons who might not be aware of the special seating available to them at the theater...
...result is that his modest, strikingly unguarded second novel, a simple story of decency and wandering, has been subjected to the kind of buildup generally reserved for the memoirs of presidential mistresses. Still living in an old house on an island in Puget Sound, Guterson says he felt no pressure from having to live up to his miraculous debut and the succeeding five years of expectations. "I'm scared enough when I sit down to write," he says disarmingly, "that there isn't a lot of extra fright that goes with having a best-selling novel behind me." Besides, East...
Mary K. Letourneau sat on the steps in front of her home, staring west across a glorious sunset over Puget Sound. Inside with a friend was baby Audrey Lokelani, Mary's fifth child and her first with Vili Fualaau, the teenager she has become so infamous for loving. It was a breezy summer's eve, and she could smell the fresh-cut grass on her lawn. She squinted into a blazing horizon. "I had a dream last night," she said, speaking to a neighbor. "I dreamed I was sitting here watching the sunset. And I sat there and sat there...
...breathtaking peak of Mount Baker and the calm waters of Bellingham Bay. It's an idyllic setting--Alpine meadows, tall pines, unspoiled lakes and miles of hiking trails--and also a great place to learn about the Northwest and its marine environments. You'll take wildlife cruises to Puget Sound, trips to North Cascades National Park and, of course, visits to Mount Baker. Also planned this year are special trips for kayakers, beginners and advanced, and courses about the ancient forests of the Pacific Northwest and how the salmon industry has affected the environment, culture and economy. Summit faculty--which...
ADAM SMITH (D) District 9 (Puget Sound--Tacoma; parts of King, Pierce and Thurston counties...