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Community Comment archive for Oct. 3, 2012

WEDNESDAY, OCT. 3, 2012

She may have a bona fide offer... 

Good evening, Netizens..., King County's candidate for Sheriff John Urquhart announced Tuesday morning that if he is elected to office, he will appoint former Spokane Chief of Police Anne Kirkpatrick as his chief deputy. One of my local wags immediately opined that Kirkpatrick's potential job…

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Mother Nature's trail...

Good evening, Netizens... If you haven't already considered the thought, perhaps this morning would be a good time for you to dig out those nefarious red woolen long-handled union suits out of the closet where they have been hidden since last spring. That is because,…

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A Word A Day -- placate

October 03, 2012 Word of the Day placate \PLAY-kayt\ DEFINITION verb : to soothe or mollify especially by concessions : to calm the anger or bitterness of EXAMPLES In an effort to placate the angry customer, the store manager replaced the defective product with a…

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