Crouching Waiter, Hidden Chef

12/13/2008 By Kathryn Robinson

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Mr. Clean’s Last Stand

As the first administrator of the EPA, Bill Ruckelshaus banned DDT and got the lead out of gasoline. Now the Republican Party’s most illustrious green faces a tougher task: to save Puget Sound. His cleanup plan hinges on convincing the region’s most

12/13/2008 By Ted Katauskas

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"I Shall Call It Cletus"

A hardcore videogamer plays God in the  virtual world of Spore, where omnipotence  is the mission and survival is for the fit.

12/13/2008 By Emily White

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A Pilgrim of the Great War

World War I ended 90 years ago this month, and only one American who fought in its blood-soaked battles remains alive today. How did a Seattle man become the foremost memory keeper of that war to end all wars?

12/13/2008 By David Laskin

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Into the City and Through the Woods

12/15/2008 By Laura Cassidy, Anna Roth, and Angela Garbes

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The Restaurants that Changed the Way We Eat

Restaurants open, restaurants close—but once in a great while a restaurant comes along that’s so influential it changes its city forever.

12/17/2008 By Kathryn Robinson

Arts & Culture

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Their Friends and Neighbors

New Century Theatre Company puts The Adding Machine to work

12/17/2008 By Steve Wiecking

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What Flies Beneath

Mountain biking goes sub-terrain-ian at the I-5 Colonnade.

12/15/2008

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All Dolled Up

When a young girl came home from school in tears, her mother launched an ethnic pride campaign.

12/13/2008 By Terri Chung

PASSING THROUGH

Wait, Wait… She’ll Tell You

Comedian Paula Poundstone knows the answers—but not the questions.

12/13/2008 By Steve Wiecking

Style Counsel

From Russia with Style

A conversation with arts patrons Yelena and Igor Klimenkoff.

12/13/2008 By Laura Cassidy

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Field of Screams

The coach Husky fans love to hate finally gets some competition.

12/13/2008 By Matthew Halverson

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Bad to the Bone?

Meet Simon. Lean in Closer. She won’t bite.

12/13/2008 By Megan Clark

Best of the City

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2008 Best New Restaurants

IT WILL BE REMEMBERED AS THE YEAR OF SMALL PLATES AND GASTROPUBS, healthy food and simple food, tiny restaurants and unrestaurants, Wallingford and Capitol Hill—and, oh yes, pasta.

12/13/2008 By Kathryn Robinson