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How to Lord It Over Your Employees: Charles Leggett

"A master of both bluster and subtlety" schools me on taking command of the conference room.

From left: John Anderson, UW professor Les Atlas, and Paul Willms at the China8 launch last year.

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An Ill-Fated, Dragon-Headed, Slow Boat to China

How an eccentric entrepreneur with novel technology, big talk, and the backing of Gary Locke managed to fall…

Arriving soon: More of the usual blather?

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Station Break

Sound Transit makes a bet on voters' light-rail delusions.

Futbol in America?Strictly a wash.

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Soccer’s About to be Huge in Seattle

Yet again. For the hundredth time.

Tom McCabe (right), leader of the BIAW, in 1997, before things got complicated.

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The Tear-Down

One more attempt to strip the BIAW of its pro-Rossi war chest. This time, in court.

The Art World Made Him Do It

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The Art World Made Him Do It

L’affaire Lippens.

Residents of Othello North won’t have much use for these shops.

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The Intersection of Gentrification and Neglect

The Rainier Valley’s becoming nicer, more expensive, and less inclusive.

Will Pop Culture Ever Embrace My Brooks?

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Will Pop Culture Ever Embrace My Brooks?

The Bothell-based sneaker company couldn’t care less.

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Jackie Ryan

Friday, April 11

City-approved: Cole Ryan cooling off.

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How Gay Porn Gets a Pass

Would female strippers on city-owned property go over as well as Mr. Nude Seattle?

C’mon, Steve. “Renovate” these babies.

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Pimp My Privy!

Why Steve Ballmer and the city should sink their millions into public toilets, not the Supes.

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David Shields

Somewhere between the raves that adorn its jacket (from Raban, Tisdale, Vivian Gornick, and others) and last week’s…

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Varmint (CD release)

Sophisticated musicians playing plainspoken music can result in either an annoying irony-fest or a beautiful embrace of simple…

From a bed in the woods to a 1BR apartment.

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Your Neighbor’s Last Roof Was the Viaduct

Does it bother you that the county is renting him a place next to you?

The problems just kept ballooning for Pure Weight Loss Centers.

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How Honesty Killed Pure Weight Loss

And old habits were reborn.

A container ship being worked at the Port’s Harbor Island terminal.

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Eyman and I Finally Agree: This Port Tax Sucks

If L.A. and Vancouver live without it, I think we can, too.

Eliane Elias

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Eliane Elias

Tuesday, February 12

Seattle Symphony musical director Gerard Schwarz: perpetrator of “outrages” or nuisance-suit victim?

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Tuxedo Disjunction

Not every toxic work situation can be remedied in court. A Seattle Symphony lawsuit is teaching that lesson…

Jerry Gonzalez and the Fort Apache Band

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Jerry Gonzalez and the Fort Apache Band

Latin jazz with a dark heart

For a burgeoning yoga apparel company, friendship is the bottom line. Sort of.

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The M.F. Truth: Just Lu It

Groovy, non-consumerist community doesn't come cheap at Lululemon.