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1 The book "Happiness — A History" reveals concept is a modern obsession Arts
To the modern eye, the Mona Lisa's hint of a smile is the picture of subtlety. She is pleased with something, yet she's no poster child for laugh-out-loud happiness. At the time the portrait was painted, however, that same smile was seen as a shocking explosion of emotion.
10/29/2008 | seattletimes.com | find similar results
2 2008 Smart fortwo | It's adorable, it makes a statement - but does it make sense? Home and Garden
Emerging from yoga class later, I found a little love letter on the windshield — to the car, not to me. "I want one of these cars!" my correspondent gushed. "It's adorable!" chirped my neighbor. "Put a tail on it, and it's a mouse!"
3/14/2008 | seattletimes.com | find similar results
3 Culture shock in the yogurt aisle Home and Garden
I run past it in the grocery store. This aisle used to be a fairly straightforward portion of the dairy section, offering reasonably wholesome and reassuringly predictable food. A bold move in the history of yogurt was when they took the fruit from the bottom and mixed it all around.
3/12/2008 | seattletimes.com | find similar results
4 Medicating to the oldies: "Viva Viagra" is only the start Health and Family
The TV commercial shows a bunch of still-attractive guys approaching the Centrum Silver years as they enjoy an impromptu musical jam at a roadside tavern (a building conveniently furnished with a full-size string bass).
9/10/2007 | seattletimes.com | find similar results
5 Pet treats seem chop-lickin' good Health and Family
What finally stopped me in my tracks at the supermarket were the bottles of "Savory Sauce" for dogs. At $3.19 a pop, they came in bacon, beef, country-style chicken, pot roast and turkey flavor. They look just like my teriyaki marinade, only they're more expensive.
4/9/2006 | seattletimes.com | find similar results
6 Pardon us for (not) being touchy, but it's flu season Health and Family
With all this talk about a flu epidemic — even worse, a bird-flu pandemic — it promises to be a season of the heebie-jeebies, when a mere sneeze can spread terror.
11/12/2005 | seattletimes.com | find similar results
7 Creators gone, but comics live on Entertainment
Chic Young, the creator of "Blondie," and his wife had a baby boy. Shortly thereafter, the Bumsteads — that imaginary family within his strip — found themselves expecting a child as well. But Wayne Young, Chic's son, died six years later.
8/21/2005 | seattletimes.com | find similar results
8 Are comics for kids or adults? Entertainment
Yet looking closely, he noticed these kids were out of control. They swore; they caused trouble; why, they even beat up their own mother! Readers were up in arms.
8/14/2005 | seattletimes.com | find similar results
9 Motherhood is valuable training for work force Business
A go-getter. A worker. A take-charge kind of gal who, at 26, posed in a hard hat in front of an old building as the general contractor overseeing its renovation. The year was 1981. In the article, Schafer was then a real-estate entrepreneur. In her mind, she is still the woman in that clipping.
12/11/2004 | seattletimes.com | find similar results
10 ALCS: Red Sox down 3-0 to Yankees Sports
When the American League Championship Series began on Tuesday, even cynical Bostonians, whose team has not won a World Series since 1918, believed this was their year. They believed this was the year that Boston's favorite sons, the Red Sox, would finally vanquish the Yankees.
10/16/2004 | seattletimes.com | find similar results
11 Prepare for your passing by passing on your passwords Health and Family
The nephew obediently averted his eyes — much to his later regret. When the old man died, the nephew was unable to crack his uncle's security system, according to family attorney Glenn Henkel of Haddonfield, N.J. We all have secrets we plan to take to our graves.
9/28/2003 | seattletimes.com | find similar results
12 Survivors leave old lives for new jobs, new homes Nation and World
Linda Gaccione, a Secaucus, N.J., mother who wandered the Manhattan streets for seven hours in search of her two children, returned to work while her hands were still shaking, only to be laid off in a corporate merger five months later.
9/10/2002 | seattletimes.com | find similar results
13 Mother's anguished search ends happily Nation and World
Linda Gaccione dropped to her knees, sobbing, on New York's abandoned West Side Highway and raised her clenched fists heavenward, as if to grab the lapels of the Almighty. "God, please help me find them," she pleaded.
10/10/2001 | seattletimes.com | find similar results
14 Air travel: More carry-on baggage weighing down airlines Travel and Recreation
Carry-on baggage - once the savvy traveler's shortcut - is now the source of airplane gridlock, as more passengers vie for the limited overhead bin space. Compartments fill quickly, forcing flight attendants to request that coats be stored on the floor - with little compliance.
5/5/2001 | seattletimes.com | find similar results
15 Whenr summer gets away from you . . . Health and Family
We'll keep up on schoolwork this time. The school sent home a summer reading list, and in this household, buster, we're going to get those books done early. We're going to get that book report completed by the end of the month so it's out of the way. Heck, next week would be even better.
6/24/2000 | seattletimes.com | find similar results
16 Is Frugality Dead? -- The Coupon-Clipping, Sale-Seeking, Thrift- Store-Shopping American Is Rapidly Business
The Depression generation - raised when Christmas meant just one present under the tree - is dying off. While they may have tried to instill their values in their children, a robust economy makes Grandma's and Grandpa's thrifty ways seem pointless and antiquated, a charming artifact.
11/7/1999 | seattletimes.com | find similar results
17 For Confusion, Dial 10-10. . . Health and Family
Just about everyone - and anyone - runs a long-distance phone company these days. Sure, not you, and not me, but dinky start-ups, big conglomerates, heck, even your cousin Bernice. We've moved from Ma Bell to the Baby Bells to the illegitimate love child Bells.
12/24/1998 | seattletimes.com | find similar results
18 Who Needs Holidays, When Even The Grinch Gets Stolen? Entertainment
Fast-forward to 1998. Little Cindy-Lou Who is now 43, a working mother of two and, frankly, in no mood for the assault of excess that has become Christmas. When Cindy-Lou did one of her commando raids on the mall last weekend, she was dispirited to see that Santa Claus was already there.
11/28/1998 | seattletimes.com | find similar results
19 It's Never Easy To Convey Condolences Health and Family
A fair amount of stationery has ended up in the wastebasket at my house lately, the victim of that most difficult of letters to compose: the condolence note. I've gone through two and even three drafts, trying to keep my tiny boat of Correspondence from crashing on the rocks of Tactlessness.
10/7/1998 | seattletimes.com | find similar results