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...finally finished, he takes a walk in the moonlight, has a light meal and sleeps five hours. On weekends he drives to a private desert encampment 45 miles from Riyadh, where he eats supper on a rug with Bedouin retainers called khawian, some armed with silver-handled Colt .38s...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: PRINCE ALWALEED: THE PRINCE AND THE PORTFOLIO | 12/1/1997 | See Source »

...cops as apprentices in the trade. Yet it doesn't take much for a wanna-be to earn full stripes. According to Henry, 13, a Grape Street Crip, the only difference between "little gangsters" and "big gangsters" is firepower: little gangsters use .22s or .25s; big gangsters, .38s or Uzis...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Los Angeles All Ganged Up | 6/18/1990 | See Source »

...control the neighborhood; they sometimes catch a criminal and deal out rough justice. Then again, the robbers might be their comrades. For self-protection, many Beiruti men -- even if they , are not affiliated with one or another militia -- carry guns tucked under their belts, and women have neat little .38s stashed away in their purses...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Shell-Shocked Survivors | 7/1/1985 | See Source »

...detectives for leaving his name in crime computers after he had repeatedly asked them to clear him. Rogan says the snafu caused him family problems and cost him a chance for a job. "I started drinking more," he says. "All I could think about was .38s at the side of my head...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Crime: Jailing the Wrong Man | 2/25/1985 | See Source »

...during World War II. Since the 9-mm model has yet to be chosen, and competitive bidding is still open, the Army does not have a price tag on its initial order of 220,000 The Pentagon will replace its 418,000 aging .45s and 136,000 surviving .38s over the next ten years. But the pistols, unlike old soldiers, will not fade away; they will be stored, sold overseas or donated to, well, marksmanship clubs...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Progress: A Farewell to Arms | 7/13/1981 | See Source »

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