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...halls of Congress about cracking down on gun sales, and a few actual proposals. Some would ban the high-powered paramilitary weapons that, foes say, have only one use: to kill human beings. Others would institute a federally mandated waiting period, generally 15 days, before a qualified buyer could pick up his gun. (Under the bewildering mosaic of state laws now in effect, waiting periods range from 30 days in New York to zero in Virginia and Oregon, where Purdy bought his rifle.) Such a cooling-off period is thought necessary to allow time for a thorough background check that...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Other Arms Race | 2/6/1989 | See Source »

Strikingly, it is often Jane rather than John Q. Public who is the first- time gun buyer these days. Guns have long been viewed as a symbol of male sexual power and arrogance, an attitude captured by the Beatles' song Happiness Is a Warm Gun. Yet surveys by Gallup for Smith & Wesson, the gunmaker, show that the number of women purchasing firearms increased 53% between 1983 and 1986, while the number thinking of buying one quadrupled, to nearly 2 million. Many of those plans have undoubtedly turned into purchases, though no updated figures are available...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Other Arms Race | 2/6/1989 | See Source »

Many students try to sell textbooks by posting flyers around campus. Lawrence said that the exchange will save both the buyer and seller the hassles of this process...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: PBH to Raise Funds With Book Exchange | 1/9/1989 | See Source »

...record $15.4 million, only to be topped four days later by the sale of the 1901 Motherhood for $24.8 million. Then last week a 1905 gouache titled Acrobat and Young Harlequin was sold at a London auction for $38.4 million, a record for a 20th century painting. The buyer was identified as Akio Nishino, head of fine arts for Tokyo's Mitsukoshi department store. Only two other canvases, Van Gogh's Irises ($53.9 million) and Sunflowers ($39.9 million) have brought more...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: AUCTIONS: Bull Market For Picasso | 12/12/1988 | See Source »

...year before the lease expired, Harvard asked city officials for help finding a buyer for the building, and they referred the University to HRI, said Spiegelman...

Author: By Carolyn J. Sporn, | Title: Housing Group Buys Harvard Building | 11/15/1988 | See Source »

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