1.   And consumer buying slowed after a cult released poisonous sarin gas in the Tokyo subway system, killing more than a dozen commuters.

2.   And consumer buying slowed after a cult released poisonous sarin gas in the Tokyo subway systems, killing more than a dozen commuters.

3.   And the group responsible for introducing sarin gas into the Japanese subway system intended mass deaths.

4.   As for me, I had never heard of sarin gas before the Matsumoto incident.

5.   Books and materials found in the houses made mention of nuclear weapons, anthrax and other biological weapons, sarin gas and poisons like ricin.

6.   Even sarin gas that has not been mounted on weapons can kill or make people desperately ill, the officials said.

7.   In aging rockets, sarin gas is corroding seams in the aluminum warheads, creating leaks.

8.   Moreover, he had begun to amass a giant stockpile of tons of chemicals, some of which were suspected of being used to make sarin gas.

9.   Officials said that during questioning he had told the police that the canister did not contain any sarin gas.