Seattle, Washington

"We lived right across the street from each other and I was right there when he got the call that he was traded to Seattle," Longwell said.

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"I've been very impressed with the setup here in Seattle," Beckham said. "As a matter of fact, I've thought that if I ever played somewhere else in the MLS, Seattle is one of the places I'd like to play."

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"To beat the Vikings, you've got to stop the run," said Seattle linebacker Leroy Hill.

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"Dancing with the Stars" winner Apolo Ohno sat down with his dad and his advisers early this year to sort out potential sponsors, they considered dozens of companies. "We tossed a lot of companies at the wall," said speed skater and Seattle-area native Ohno. "We asked what products do I use, what companies would I feel comfortable working with. We wanted the right fit,"

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"When I was growing up in the Seattle area," Ohno said, "I never thought I would see something like this," gesturing toward his image on the airliner's fuselage. "It feels very surreal,"

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"He's not like a professional athlete who has a multimillion-dollar contract with a team," said the elder Ohno, a Seattle hair salon owner. "He has to have sponsorships to pay the bills. "

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"We just didn't play hard enough," Seattle coach Rob Sumner said. "We've been a really hard team to play against lately, and that comes from winning pucks, making good decisions in the neutral zone and everybody getting back on defense. They were better than us at all those things tonight."

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"Seattle is a good example," Leiweke says.

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He noted, however, that the "Seattle lobby" does not necessarily reflect the sentiment of a nation." America is a big continent," he told the jury. "and not everybody there or in Seattle, thinks like they do. "

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"Ultimately the ocean is what"s controlling what"s going on here," said Chris Sabine, a supervisory oceanographer at NOAA"s Pacific Marine Environmental Laboratory in Seattle, Washington. "It"s a big deal that it"s becoming less efficient in taking up CO2,"

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