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Since last October, the U.S. has suspected Iraq of using homemade mustard gas, which burns, incapacitates and, in many cases, kills its victims. But the Iraqi chemical attacks were apparently not widespread until last month. "The real action has been since Feb. 22," says a senior U.S. official. "We have very conclusive intelligence." Evidence of mustard-gas burns is appearing in the blistered skin, lungs and other tissue of some Iranian soldiers, including 15 victims who were flown to Western Europe last week for treatment...
...attacking civilians. But last year, Iranian terrorists struck in Baghdad, using nail bombs to kill scores of people at a crowded bus stop. Meanwhile, Iranian doctors have reported that Iraq has introduced chemical warfare into the conflict. While treating injured civilians in the north, they have observed symptoms of mustard-gas exposure, including skin lesions and lung hemorrhaging...
...A.B.A. convention held in Las Vegas last week, the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court delivered some of his harshest comments to date on the ethics of the U.S. bar. He called lawyers "hired guns" and "procurers" and accused some of advertising their services as if they were selling "mustard, cosmetics and laxatives." He said that attorneys file too many frivolous lawsuits and motions, and declared that a few "well-placed $5,000 or $10,000 penalties will help focus attention" on the problem. He repeated his familiar charge that lawyers contribute to court congestion by failing to encourage...
...Welsh language, which he does not understand, makes what is dreary seem exotic. (No doubt travel writers should stick to countries whose languages elude them: bad German, for instance, is an asset in Zurich; you can have a comical adventure asking for a train ticket to Senf, which means mustard, instead of Genf, which is Geneva.) Following the coast turned out to be a mistake, because its towns were filled with a seedier lot of tourists than Theroux would have met in castles and cathedrals...
...Tuesday lunch "sandwich-bar," Instead of making the investment in a grill, managers have opted to stick to cold-cut sandwiches and toasted bagels. Sandwiches range from $1 to $2 and feature roast beef, turkey and tuna fish, with garnishes such as onions, pickles, and mustard: they come on several types of bread, including pocket-style pita bread. The lounge also sells beer by the bottle-as little as 60 cents for a bottle...