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SEATTLE, it is said, is a city where salmon swim upstream in the middle of town, and where bald eagles share the sky with planes. It is also the crown of Washington State, home to Microsoft and Starbucks, a mountainous, forested region bolstered by the coffee bean and micro-chip dollar.
Seattle may trail the likes of Las Vegas, Miami and New York on most holidaymakers' American wish-lists but it remains a hip and diverse destination, especially since the grunge rock counter- culture explosion of the early 1990s.See the full content of this document
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Coffee Break ; Tom Morgan Is Sleepless in Seattle
The city's defining landmark is the Space Needle building, which dwarfs all that it surrounds. But it's the 100-year-old Pike Place Market, a bustling food centre near the city's harbour, that gives the region its lifebloo...
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