Word: somes
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The effect of what McCutcheon calls an "astronomical escalation of people" has been unaccustomed congestion, a 28% inflation of real estate values in just 18 months and a perceptibly upscale -- Washingtonians would say ostentatious -- change in the appearance and style of some of Seattle's suburbs. With that has come...
Antigrowth instincts have stiffened, especially around Seattle, where the citizenry has been increasingly inclined to put environmental conservatism first. Last May, for example, voters overwhelmingly approved new restrictions limiting the height of future downtown skyscrapers to 450 ft. "The California rush is actually useful in crystallizing the debate over our...
Emmett Watson, a curmudgeonly columnist for the Seattle Times, has conducted an anti-California crusade for years. MOUNT THE RAMPARTS! FIGHT CALIFORNICATION! exhorts the headline of a recent Watson tirade. The columnist is the founder of Lesser Seattle, an antibooster organization that seeks to "keep the bastards out" by exaggerating...
LETN's audience, which so far includes 725 police agencies in 48 states, gives the network solid reviews. "It's sharpening us all up and eliminating some schooling," says Captain Randy Stienstra of the Mount Dora, Fla., police department. Ten states have certified LETN as a vehicle for earning in...
Arsenio Hall, at the same moment, has no inkling of the earthquake either. (The news reaches him later, midway through the show, though he doesn't mention it on the air.) With minutes to go before his 5:15 deadline, he is in his dressing room, slipping into a stylish...