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...response elsewhere was not so gentle. A gunman murdered the Sikh owner of a Chevron station in Mesa, Ariz. "I am an American," the suspect, Frank Roque, declared upon arrest. A woman went through the phone book and made hateful calls to anyone named Abdul. A Muslim cabdriver in Manhattan kept his license out of view and didn't tell customers his first name--Mohammed--because of the fear he sensed. People asked where he is from when they got into the cab: If they are not familiar with Bangladesh, "I tell them it's in South America. And then...
...wanted a congenial space where people might gather, which is why Balbir Singh Sodhi was outside his Chevron station in Mesa, Ariz., two Saturdays ago, surveying the vinca and sage he had just planted. Says Guru Roop Kaur Khalsa, one of Sodhi's ministers: "Even though it was just a gas station, he saw it as a center of the community. He looked for innocence and sweetness and tried to capture it." Then, police allege, a man named Frank Silva Roque drove by in a black Chevy pickup and pumped three bullets into Sodhi, killing him almost instantly, mocking innocence...
...response elsewhere was not so gentle. A gunman murdered the Sikh owner of a Chevron station in Mesa, Ariz. "I am an American," the suspect, Frank Roque, declared upon arrest. A woman went through the phone book and made hateful calls to anyone named Abdul. A Muslim cabdriver in Manhattan kept his license out of view and didn't tell customers his first name - Mohammed - because of the fear he sensed. People asked where he is from when they got into the cab: If they are not familiar with Bangladesh, "I tell them it's in South America. And then...
...means focusing on small companies, which are best bought through a mutual fund. Why is smaller better? As the economy has gone global, large companies increasingly sell their stuff everywhere. Their fortunes (and stocks) move together. So Royal Dutch Shell doesn't provide much diversification if you already own Chevron...
...those who monitor say their technology is worth it and offer some sobering numbers. A survey by the Computer Security Institute and the FBI found that 71% of respondents had detected unauthorized access to systems by insiders and that 79% had detected employee abuse of Internet privileges. In 1995 Chevron Corp. paid $2.2 million to four female employees who asserted that they had been sexually harassed because of jokes sent through the company network. For abuses to end, snooping proponents argue, monitoring must take place. Eaton, an A.C.L.U. member who supports notification laws, touts his product's positive and practical...