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The Rep updates Moliere with TV comedy riffs
The Imaginary Invalid is full of belly laughs, thanks to a compendium of farcical shticks brought off with sure touches and fine acting.
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Do we need guns at Paradise?
Some Northwest lawmakers have pushed the Bush administration to allow visitors to carry loaded guns in our national parks. It gives backpacking a whole new meaning.
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Traffic's so bad, we might actually be willing to pay a toll
Puget Sound policy-makers have been taking the public pulse. Their surveys reveal that people are generally pessimistic about the future, frustrated with traffic, and willing to pay to cross Lake Washington in a car – as long as it's really cheap.
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Clear-cutting the Fun Forest
Seattle Center's Fun Forest will most likely shut down before the end of the year. It's the city's only amusement park, and in losing it we risk taking ourselves too seriously.
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Rating the art in Portland's monthly gallery walk
As in Seattle, Portland's art galleries host a monthly "First Thursday [http://www.firstthursdayportland.com/]" gallery walk, opening their doors after the work day to an assortment of pedestrians. Many are friends of the artists whose work hang on the walls; others are simply curious to set eyes on