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    Articles by Roger Downey
    True and False
    True and False
    By Roger Downey • October 9, 2006 12:00 am

    Thirty years ago in Seattle Weekly.

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    Lacing prose with adrenaline: Dashiell Hammett.
    The king of pulp
    By Roger Downey • October 9, 2006 12:00 am

    Where would action cinema be without Dashiell Hammett?

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    White Hope
    White Hope
    By Roger Downey • October 9, 2006 12:00 am

    They say that it’s your generous impulses that get you in the most trouble. You don’t need to tell that…

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    Screwed for Good
    Screwed for Good
    By Roger Downey • October 9, 2006 12:00 am

    What kind of business routinely ships its product knowing that between 3 percent and 5 percent of the items are…

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    The terrifying smile
    The terrifying smile
    By Roger Downey • October 9, 2006 12:00 am

    Does “Superflat” show a culture at the breaking point?

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    Side Dish
    Side Dish
    By Roger Downey • October 9, 2006 12:00 am

    Cheese, please

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    All About Apples
    All About Apples
    By Roger Downey • October 9, 2006 12:00 am

    A tasting menu from Scott Carsberg of Lampreia
    By Scott Carsberg and Hillel Cooperman
    (tastingmenu.com, free)

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    Something Kennewicked this way comes
    Something Kennewicked this way comes
    By Roger Downey • October 9, 2006 12:00 am

    Boneheads gather as Kennewick man comes to town.

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    Mastery of classical technique and "expression": Takamori's Self Portrait (2001).
    Face Time
    By Roger Downey • October 9, 2006 12:00 am

    The Frye looks ahead for figures.

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    Buying Blind
    Buying Blind
    By Roger Downey • October 9, 2006 12:00 am

    Psst! Hey, bud! C’mere! Listen up: Have I got a deal for you! All you got to do is give…

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    The Zig Zag Cafe
    The Zig Zag Cafe
    By Roger Downey • October 9, 2006 12:00 am

    For such a modish venue, it’s odd that the Zig Zag hasn’t had a happy hour until recently, and fitting…

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    When Phinney Was Funky
    When Phinney Was Funky
    By Roger Downey • October 9, 2006 12:00 am

    Thirty years ago in Seattle Weekly.

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    Locke 'n' roll
    Locke ‘n’ roll
    By Roger Downey • October 9, 2006 12:00 am

    Fresh from electoral triumph, a new and slightly scary Governor Gary.

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    Her majesty: spunky grape maven Patricia Gelles.
    Queen of the Mountain
    By Roger Downey • October 9, 2006 12:00 am

    Klipsun Vineyard’s Patricia Gelles makes waves in a man’s business.

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    Settling Down
    Settling Down
    By Roger Downey • October 9, 2006 12:00 am

    There are two basic kinds of winemakers— barnacles and floaters. Extreme barnacles are so attached to a particular set of…

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    The WTO's Michael Moore: trying to prop up trade's facade.
    Expiring frog?
    By Roger Downey • October 9, 2006 12:00 am

    The WTO is dead in the water, but don’t count it out just yet.

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    Credit’s due…
    Credit’s due…
    By Roger Downey • October 9, 2006 12:00 am

    Some artists with deep Seattle roots are getting the kind of attention elsewhere which the if-they-live-here-they-can’t-be-any-good syndrome prevents them from…

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    Horning in
    Horning in
    By Roger Downey • October 9, 2006 12:00 am

    To judge from the Seattle Symphony press release, the new three-year contract with its players signed June 24 was the…

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    Skullduggery
    Skullduggery
    By Roger Downey • October 9, 2006 12:00 am

    Scientists slam the Burke as they make their bid for Kennewick man’s bones.

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    Sips
    Sips
    By Roger Downey • October 9, 2006 12:00 am

    The maverick

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