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The Seattle Times
August 26, 2007
A POIGNANT VISIT TO PAY RESPECT IN NEW ORLEANS
“DEATH IS NOT USUALLY A TABOO TOPIC in New Orleans. French Quarter funeral processions saunter through the streets, cemetery crypts are ornate and elevated; festivals feature zombies while voodoo permeates local lore. In normal times, death is a lively subject in the city.
But during a recent vacation in New Orleans, we approached the city gingerly, uncertain whether wounds both physical and psychological had yet to heal ...” [MORE]
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The Seattle Times
February 15, 2004
RUGGED ROADS OF THE FAR NORTH
“THERE WERE MOMENTS we dared not blink. Knuckles white and neck muscles aching, we’d survived the first 80 miles of the Top of the World Highway. Every couple of minutes, we summoned the courage to glance sideways at what seemed like the Bottom of the World down steep cliffs below ...” [MORE]
ARE YOU A MOSQUITO MAGNET?
“WHILE OTHERS WORRIED about big bears or blown tires, I focused my tundra tension on something considerably smaller: bugs that bite ...” [MORE]
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Law & Politics magazine
November 2009
JUSTICE DENIED
“I lied. Well, to be fair, I perpetudated a lie. But it was a lie just the same. And now that the truth is out, I wish I'd uncovered it earlier. It started with a lynching. In Seattle ... [MORE]
American History magazine
April 2008
WHEN JUSTICE BECAME A CASUALTY OF WAR
“Thanks to a chance encounter with sewage, the stench of an historic injustice has at last been removed. I was a young news reporter for KING-TV in 1986, eyes glazed as local officials droned on about proposed expansion of a sewage treatment plant at Seattle's Discovery Park. Sensing my boredom, a park ranger slid to my side ...” [MORE]
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The Seattle Times
December 18, 2005
A COACH'S VIEW FROM COURTSIDE
“A good volleyball serve is not unlike a good baseball pitch: it either zips across the net like a fastball, drops hard like a sinker or moves wildly like a knuckleball. ...” [MORE]
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The Seattle Times
December 14-17, 2006
HUSKIES WILL BE SEEING A LOT OF RED
“OMAHA, Neb. — A drop of purple in a sea of red.
That will be the palette this evening in the spacious Qwest Center in Omaha, Neb., as the Washington Huskies take on Stanford in the second of two NCAA volleyball semifinal matches ...” [MORE]
RABID NEBRASKA FANS AHEAD OF THE CURVE
“OMAHA, Neb. — To read the orgy of stories in the Omaha newspaper this week, one can only conclude that Nebraskans believe they have discovered the Next Great Sport, a sport that the rest of us will soon learn to love.
'Volleyball is a sport of beauty, grace and power. It's an intoxicating combination,' ...” [MORE]
STANFORD SWEEPS UW
“OMAHA, Neb. — There will be no repeat.
The Washington volleyball team, bidding for a second straight national title, was steamrolled Thursday night by Stanford in the NCAA semifinals. The Cardinal dominated throughout, winning 30-12, 30-25, 30-15. ...” [MORE]
UNHAPPY ENDING FOR HUSKIES
“OMAHA, Neb. — Winning is hard.
That's the message Jim McLaughlin inscribes on his bulletin board at the start of each season.
It's a message the UW volleyball coach hopes his team remembers now that the season has come to a sudden end. ...” [MORE]
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The Seattle Times
June 12-25, 2006
HUSKIES TAKE OFF ON AN ADVENTURE
“The Chinese have a saying. Actually, the Chinese have a lot of sayings, and as crazy as it sounds, one of them goes something like this:
Act with the spirit of Chinese women's volleyball players ...” [MORE]
HUSKY VOLLEYBALL TEAM GETS A TASTE OF CULTURE SHOCK
“BEIJING — As Christal Morrison looked up from her breakfast, something other than jet lag was churning her stomach.
Withdrawal. Cell phone withdrawal ...” [MORE]
UW VOLLEYBALL TEAM NO MATCH FOR FATIGUE
“BEIJING — This city has bargains galore. The streets are full of shoppers on the prowl for knockoff Nikes and pirated Pradas.
Friday night, the University of Washington volleyball team got more than it bargained for ...” [MORE]
SLIM CHINESE PROFILES MAKE BIG IMPRESSION
“SHANGHAI — If any of the 1.3 billion people in China are obese, the University of Washington volleyball team hasn't yet seen them.
The NCAA champion Huskies, on a two-week cultural and competitive exchange in Beijing and Shanghai, say they are surprised and impressed by the apparent fitness of urban Chinese ...” [MORE]
UW VOLLEYBALL CHINA TOUR ENDS TOO SOON
“SHANGHAI — A dozen days in China was a lot. But it wasn't enough.
Heading home from their landmark tour of Beijing and Shanghai, members of the University of Washington volleyball team lamented that they had seen only a small slice of the world's most populous country ...” [MORE]
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