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At 6:12 on a freezing, gray February morning, I was already sitting in my car outside my office building in downtown Seattle.<\/p>\n

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At 6:12 on a freezing, gray February morning, I was already sitting in my car outside my office building in downtown Seattle. The heater blew lukewarm air at my numb hands. The traffic lights changed over empty, rain-slicked intersections. I adjusted my tie in the rearview mirror, staring at the reflection of a thirty-eight-year-old man…<\/p>\n

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