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The Slice archive for Sept. 19, 2012

WEDNESDAY, SEPT. 19, 2012





For baseball fans only 

I have a question for you. But first, let me explain the situation. For many post-childhood years, I paid virtually no attention to baseball. Then, when I noticed about 10 or 12 years ago that a team I had followed as a kid was threatening…

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Seasonal adjustment 

The other day Steve Webbenhurst saw a smallish SUV with skis in the ski rack. He wondered if the driver is simply lazy, and the skis have been been there since March, or insanely eager for the 2012-13 ski season to begin. What's your guess?

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Public notice re: NAU vs. Montana

I am no longer responsible for any debts, public or private, incurred back when I wagered on the outcome of the annual Northern Arizona vs. Montana football game. As NAU has not beaten Montana since 1931, my "buy you a beer" bets with those who…

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SR's Dorothy Dean as a young woman

www.classiccinemaimages.com She once threatened to pistol-whip a reader who suggested Dean's casserole recipes called for too much cheese. And here (below) she is near the end. When the newspaper's promotional campaign based on the Little Baby Butter Eater doll failed to generate buzz, Dean withdrew…

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The Wednesday Slice question

Here's an end-of-summer rerun. (Actually, I have asked this many times. So it's really more of a re-rerun. But it could be argued that it is the essential Spokane question.) Is Spokane big enough to offer the attractions and benefits of a city without being…

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