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 | | Tacoma is the home of such international companies as Labor Ready, Inc. and the Russell Investment Group, as well as institutions of higher learning, including Pacific Lutheran University, University of Puget Sound, Tacoma Community College, Bates College, Pierce College, and the University of Washington, Tacoma. |
 | | Tacoma's system of number extends to the furthest reaches of Pierce County, except for the Key Peninsula, which retains the same basis for north-south streets but chooses the Pierce-Kitsap line as the zero point for east-west streets. |
 | | Tacoma, in addition to the professional sports teams of Seattle, has one minor league baseball franchise, the Tacoma Rainiers, a Triple-A team playing in the Pacific Coast League as a farm team of the Seattle Mariners. |
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