Word: poisoner
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...focus of anxiety these days is Iraq. In the 1980s President Saddam Hussein used poison gas against not only Iran but also rebellious Iraqi Kurds. Last year he tested the Tammuz-1 ballistic missile, with a range of 1,240 miles. Four weeks ago, he was caught trying to smuggle into Iraq U.S.-made electrical devices for what Western experts are convinced is a project to build an atom bomb. Then, on April 2, Saddam vowed to "let our fire eat up half of Israel if it tries to wage anything against Iraq...
...words." As its haunting harmonies echoed down nearby Rustaveli Prospect, tens of thousands of Georgians thrust clenched fists into the air. One year ago to the day, on April 9, 1989, Soviet troops had broken up a peaceful demonstration on the very same spot with tanks, shovels and poison gas, killing 20 people. Last week residents gathered in the streets again -- but not just to mourn their dead. As one impassioned young speaker put it, they were celebrating "a great victory on the difficult road to freedom and complete independence...
Portnoff's portrayal of Ligurio in particular suffers from a lack of poison, and the result is a stultifyingly bland performance. His Ligurio is unduly stilted. Portnoff, along with another performer who speaks of "black-guards", mispronounces words and stumbles over his lines on more than a few occasions...
...ironic reversal of roles, two chemical makers -- Mobay Corp. of Pittsburgh and Dallas-based Occidental Chemical Corp. -- are taking the high moral ground against the U.S. Government by refusing to sell an ingredient necessary to produce a poison gas. The chemical is thionyl chloride, which is used in pesticides and plastics, but is also needed by the Army to make sarin, a lethal nerve agent...
...that would rage long after the last American helicopter left Saigon. Over the past 13 years, some 35,000 Viet Nam veterans have vigorously pressed Washington to compensate them for injuries and illnesses that they believe were caused by exposure to Agent Orange. The herbicide contains dioxin, a potent poison that causes cancer in laboratory animals. But Government officials have delayed paying most claims, pointing to a lack of scientific proof that Agent Orange hurt the soldiers. Last week researchers from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control issued a report designed to help resolve the controversy. For most...