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  Seattle, Washington - Encyclopedia, History, Geography and Biography
Seattle is internationally partnered with a number of sister cities to promote global cooperation, cultural exchange and economic collaboration.
Five companies on the 2006 Fortune 500 list of the United States' largest companies, based on total revenue, are currently headquartered in Seattle: financial services company Washington Mutual (#99), Internet retailer Amazon.com (#272), department store Nordstrom (#293), coffee chain Starbucks (#338), and insurance company Safeco Corporation (#339).
List of representations of Seattle in popular culture
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  Seattle, Washington - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Seattle's climate is mild, with the temperature moderated by the sea and protected from winds and storms by the mountains.
Five companies on the 2004 Fortune 500 list of the United States' largest companies, based on total revenue, are currently headquartered in Seattle: financial services company Washington Mutual (#103), insurance company Safeco Corporation (#267), clothing merchant Nordstrom (#286), Internet retailer Amazon.com, (#342) and coffee chain Starbucks (#425).
Other famous landmarks include the Smith Tower, Pike Place Market, the Fremont Troll, the Experience Music Project, the new Seattle Central Library, the Washington Mutual Tower and the Bank of America Tower, which is the fourth tallest skyscraper west of the Mississippi River and the twelfth tallest in the nation.
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 Seattle, Washington
Hispanics are believed to be the most rapidly growing ethnic group in Washington, with an estimated increase of 10% just from 2000 to 2002, though they have tended to settle outside the city, in rural areas where agricultural jobs are abundant.
The percentage of Seattleites who identify as gay or lesbian is estimated to be 12.9 percent, the second highest among the fifty largest cities in the U.S., behind San Francisco.
A successful shipbuilder, most famous for the Battleship Nebraska built in Seattle between 1902 and 1907, Moran eventually donated what became Moran State Park (over 5000 acres, including Mt. Constitution on Orcas Island).
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List the author, the title of the article, the name of the magazine, the date of the magazine (for weekly periodicals, list the day, month abbreviation, and year) and the pages on which the article appears.
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 999 Seattle   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-27)
Seattle's climate is mild, with the temperature moderated by the sea and protected from winds and storms by the mountains.
Five companies on the 2004 Fortune 500 list of the United States' largest companies, based on total revenue, are currently headquartered in Seattle: financial services company Washington Mutual (#103), insurance company Safeco Corporation (#267), clothing merchant Nordstrom (#286), Internet retailer Amazon.com, (#342) and coffee chain Starbucks (#425).
Other famous landmarks include the Smith Tower, Pike Place Market, the Fremont Troll, the Experience Music Project, the new Seattle Central Library, the Washington Mutual Tower and the Bank of America Tower, which is the fourth tallest skyscraper west of the Mississippi River and the twelfth tallest in the nation.
www.911seattle.com   (5246 words)

  
 ipedia.com: Seattle, Washington Article   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-27)
Other famous landmarks include the Smith Tower, Pike Place Market (pictured), the Fremont Troll, the Experience Music Project, the new Seattle Central Library, and the Bank of America Tower, which is the fourth tallest skyscraper west of the Mississippi River and the twelfth tallest in the nation.
According to the U.S. Census Bureau, 47.2% of Seattleites over the age of 25 have a bachelor's degree or higher, the highest rate in the nation, and 93% have a high school diploma or equivalent.
As previously noted, it is sometimes referred to as the "rainy city", but the rain the city is famous for is actually unremarkable; at 35-38 inches of precipitation a year, it's less than most major Eastern Seaboard cities and many other US cities.
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 Mukilteo Musings   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-27)
Jean Enerson is the main anchor; she's in her 50's; a Seattleite; and she has been on King 5 since we moved here 25 years ago.
Seattleites are fanatics about keeping their cars spotless.
Only in Seattle where social lines are non-existent and where a list of the major individual political donors was in the newspaper would my husband comment that he has had lunch with most of these people.
mukilteomusings.blogspot.com /2004_08_01_mukilteomusings_archive.html   (3718 words)

  
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See List of Seattle is located on the success of Medic One that aired in 1974 called Seattle "the best place in the U.S state of Washington, Seattle University, a Jesuit institution; and Seattle Pacific University field teams in a variety of sports, most notably football and basketball.
In the city is $45,736, and the median income for a list of Seattle's mayors going back to 1869.
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 Read about Seattle, Washington at WorldVillage Encyclopedia. Research Seattle, Washington and learn about Seattle, ...   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-27)
As with almost every other city in western North America, transportation in Seattle is dominated by automobiles, although Seattle is just old enough that the city's layout reflects the age when railways and streetcars dominated.
Fortune 500 list of the United States' largest companies, based on total revenue, are currently headquartered in Seattle: financial services company
List of companies based in Seattle for a more detailed compilation.
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