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People aren't crazily buying up gas masks in Marietta; gun sales at Uncle Bob's sporting-goods store have stayed steady. But reasonable people are expanding the list of things that could go wrong in their lives. Two Kuwaiti students from Marietta College's petroleum-engineering department have returned home at their parents' request. Mayor Matthews has gone on the radio to tell people to return to normal. But he also tries to be realistic. "They can fly a plane into the World Trade Center. If they want to poison Marietta's water supply, we're not going...
...rodeo fan from Primeville, Ore. The seniors revel in such reactions and say the puny purse money is irrelevant. "We just love the competition, and when people see us compete and can't believe that we can perform at this level, that's a wonderful feeling," says Bob Stoddard, 61, a team roper who operates a ranch in Douglas...
...World, a charity that he runs with his wife Mary and a tiny staff from a group of cluttered warehouses next to his home in Grand Prairie, Texas. "Cam looked in the mirror as he was shaving one day and didn't like what he saw," says old friend Bob Wilson. "He realized that there was a more fulfilling life out there helping others...
...This new focus on security will be especially troublesome in shaky nations like the Philippines and Indonesia. Corporations operating in those countries could face higher costs to keep their facilities and staff secure. And foreign investors may well decide to bypass unstable nations altogether. Bob Broadfoot, head of Political and Economic Risk Consultancy, thinks the war on terrorism will suck capital away from Southeast Asia to the benefit of safer nations in northeast Asia, a trend that was already evident prior to the attacks. "Before Sept. 11, companies looked at getting costs down," he says. "Now security risk is going...