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Top 10 Of 2010
What’s the end of a year without a top ten list? We covered a lot of topics this year; here are the top 10 read by you! 10. 206, Who Are You? I’m personally tickled you all read this piece so much! Lots of folks who live in the Seattle area don’t know much at …
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SPD Officer Goes MMA On 17-Year Old Kid
Imagine this: you’re 17 years old and you’re standing in a convenience store with a friend when suddenly there’s a commotion outside. You see a group of men run full speed past the store, and you step out to get a better look. The next thing you know, a pissed off man in army fatigues …
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Handcuffing the Dead
The week of Thanksgiving and during the height of the snOMG panic, Seattle attorney Tim Ford dealt a severe blow to Seattle and its police department. Ford represents the family of First Nations wood carver John T. Williams, fatally shot be rookie cop Ian Burk in August. In a series of court filings, attorney Ford …
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Brave New World: Why We Need ‘Offensive’ Books
SAVAGE c.1300, “wild, undomesticated, untamed” (of animals and places), from O.Fr. sauvage, salvage ”wild, savage, untamed,” from L.L. salvaticus, alteration of silvaticus”wild,” lit. “of the woods,” from silva ”forest, grove.” Of persons, the meaning “reckless, ungovernable” is attested from c.1400, earlier in sense “indomitable, valiant” (c.1300). Implications of ferocity are attested from 1570s, earlier of animals (c.1400). The noun meaning “wild person” …