Summary
North Carolina firms' reconstruction contracts with Kuwait
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Extract
To build upon the sand.
Foolish is one way to describe Tar Heels who forecasted a big windfall from Desert Storm.
It is almost 11 p.m. in Kuwait City, and Bobby Rupert has just returned to his $250-a-night hotel room after a long evening of meetings. The Harnett County builder who specializes in housing for construction workers is in town hoping to cash in on the rebuilding of Kuwait, a prize some American business people have been drooling over since the dust settled from Operation Desert Storm in February. But after many fruitless meetings, Rupert is weary and frustrated. "Everybody in the world is tooting their horn about the business opportun...See the full content of this document
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