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Northeastern totaled nearly 80 more yards of offense on the day and outgained Harvard 287 yards to 141 yards on the ground. But when the final gun sounded, the Crimson came away with a 35-20 victory...
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...
...Tribal Territory Since we're not allowed to reach the Afghan border, we decide to head north to Shakot, a village that makes guns--anything from a Kalashnikov AK-47 ($120) to Russian pistols ($80). They also sell a mind-sizzling hashish, and puff away while tooling the guns. "If it's complicated work, the hashish makes it easier," grins one gunsmith between tokes. He sells a lot of AK-47s to Afghans and local Pakistanis. "A gun is a man's jewelry," he relates, and assures us that the tribesmen on the Pakistani side--to a man--will join...
...office, waiting to volunteer to fight in Afghanistan. Nearly 500 men and 16 women have signed up thus far. The doctor thinks she can provide medical assistance. But, she insists, "If they want to send me to the front line, that's fine with me. Just give me a gun and I'll be ready...
SWITZERLAND The Gunman with a Grudge The peace of a quiet Thursday morning in the Swiss town of Zug was shattered by a gunman armed with an assault rifle and a grenade. Friedrich Leibacher burst into a regional assembly meeting and opened fire, leaving 14 dead, before turning the gun on himself. Three of the victims were members of Zug's cantonal government. Police believe Leibacher's rampage originated in a row with a Zug bus driver two years ago. Athough nearly 400,000 Swiss men are army reservists who keep weapons at home, gun crime has been rare, with...