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1. Byte Me

   Undeveloped

   Frank Catalano

   Published: April 8, 1998

   On my refrigerator hangs an old cartoon in which Dilbert, extolling the freedom his laptop computer and cellular phone give him, is questioned by Dogbert as to where he might...

2. Watchdogs

   Biased Barkers

   John Hamer and Mariana Parks

   Published: April 8, 1998

   As Initiative 200, the Washington State Civil Rights Initiative, moves toward the fall ballot, citizens should watch closely how the media portray the measure. Do they describe...

3. News

   Boeing's discount jets

   Customers can pick up flawed 'factory seconds' at bargain prices. Have you flown a 'blem' lately?

   Rick Anderson

   Published: April 8, 1998

   Phil Condit is no Cal Worthington "and his dog, Spot." But the Boeing CEO will make his own kind of sales deal if you're in the market for a nice jumbo jet with a nick or two....

4. News

   Outrage over outreach

   Affirmative action's flash point isn't 'racial preferences.' It's math tutoring for girls.

   Mark D. Fefer

   Published: April 8, 1998

   AS THE ANTI-AFFIRMATIVE-ACTION measure Initiative 200 heads for a statewide November vote, it's clear that wording on the ballot and in campaign materials will be key. Last...

5. News

   The Thrift Shift

   How an enterprise once intended to serve the poor turned into big business.

   Amy Halloran

   Published: April 8, 1998

   I come from a long line of hard bargainers. My grandmother used to propel my young father through stores on sale days, chanting, "Sick boy, sick boy!" to clear the way to her...

6. News

   Start-ing over

   Microsoft has quietly ditched its new media strategy in favor of a stripped down 'portal' approach.

   Mike Romano

   Published: April 8, 1998

   On March 31, without much fanfare, Microsoft ceased production of original entertainment content for the Web, thus ending its ballyhooed run as a new media production company....

7. News

   Police academy follies

   Just about everyone gets a passing grade at the state's school for cops, as the case of a much-investigated Carnation cop reveals.

   Nina Shapiro

   Published: April 8, 1998

   What do you call a police academy student who graduates at the bottom of his class? Officer. That raises some troubling questions given that it appears to be difficult for a...

8. Music

   Running mates

   A harmonizing duo is the foundation of Freakwater's Kentucky soul music.

   Todd McGovern

   Published: April 8, 1998

   It wasn't exactly an announcement of her candidacy, but Freakwater's Catherine Irwin did speak of political aspirations at a recent show at New York's Mercury Lounge. She...

9. Music

   How sweet the sound

   Kathleen Norris redefines Christianity, word by word, in 'Amazing Grace.'

   Kathryn Robinson

   Published: April 8, 1998

   In her astonishing new bookAmazing Grace: A Vocabulary of Faith, poet and Christian Kathleen Norris recalls a reading she once gave at a college. "I can be a good person...

10. Music

    On Walden Pop

    Neutral Milk Hotel leader Jeff Mangum is indie rock's answer to Thoreau.

    Roni Sarig

    Published: April 8, 1998

    Though surrealist imagery and kaleidoscopic melodies might imply hippie-damaged psychedelia to some, Neutral Milk Hotel's stunning new album, In the Aeroplane over the Sea...

11. Film

    Appetites for destruction

    Blondes have more fun in John Cassavetes' 'Minnie and Moscowitz.'

    Claire Dederer

    Published: April 8, 1998

    Coffee, burgers, beer, carrots, hot fudge sundaes, eggs, cigarettes, tea, and screw-top red plonk. These are the substances the people in Minnie and Moscowitz consume, or don't...

12. Art Town

    New house, new works at OTB

    Roger Downey

    Published: April 8, 1998

    "After all the stress of getting the new facility built and opened, we thought it would be nice to come up with a nice safe season of the tried and true," says On the Boards'...