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...with one another, or a central authority, to act as al-Qaeda would want them to. "Bin Laden unleashed forces accumulating for many years, and all the gloves are off now. Centralized clearance is not needed," says Magnus Ranstorp, a terrorism expert at the University of St. Andrews in Scotland...
...Says Wolfowitz: "Americans need to understand we're dealing with a country that only recently became free after 50 years of dictatorship. Indonesians are leery about giving too much authority to the police." Whatever the causes, says Rohan Gunaratna, an expert on al-Qaeda at St. Andrews University in Scotland, Indonesia is "the only place in the world" where radicals linked to bin Laden "aren't being hunted down...
...need a terrorist to set them off. A single reasonably intelligent person could have caused any of them, yet the U.S. still plans to use bombers to confront a potentially invisible terrorist. A million missiles are of no use against a teenager with a briefcase. BILL AGNEW Ecclefechan, Scotland...
When David Andrew was growing up on the west coast of Scotland, sipping fine wine was about as popular as polo. Real men preferred an amber shot of Glen something. But Andrew's parents introduced him to French wine at age 10, and he tasted his first Chateau Margaux as a teenager, liking it so much, he wrote to the vineyard asking for a grape-picking job--which he landed. After a career that included a stint as an actor in TV ads, Andrew, 40, is now a celebrity in the wine trade: he is the top buyer for Costco...
...billion in 2001, powered by favorable exchange rates and strong brand marketing. Like U.S. winemakers, the Australians sell wines that are easily identifiable by the grape they are made from--Shiraz, Sauvignon Blanc--as opposed to the confusing geographical classifications of French wines. "Brands are the key," says David Scotland, president of Allied Domecq's wine division. "New technologies have improved winemaking...the consistency of style builds trust and thus brand equity." Consider Orlando Wyndham's Jacob's Creek brands, which include Chardonnay and Shiraz Cabernet: they have been marketed heavily, and sales have increased by 24% on average...