1.   As a result, on Friday, he ordered that the company distribute surgical gloves, and has made tentative plans to buy surgical masks.

2.   Leon was buying the mask for a friend who has lung problems.

3.   So White and a colleague spent all night visiting costume stores in Manhattan until they found where the suspects bought the masks, according to a Business Week profile.

4.   Their equipment manager is just back from the ski shop, where he bought wool masks, scuba gloves and insulated socks.

5.   Israel has been scrambling to buy more masks abroad.

6.   Most of the Thais in Israel work on farms, and their employers said Thursday they would buy masks for the workers.