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Word: pistols (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1990-1999
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There was little Aguilar could do. If he had tried to back out, he insists, he would have been killed. He urged the conspirators to let him use a long-range rifle, but they were adamant that he use an automatic pistol up close and flee in a waiting...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Triggerman's Blues | 2/1/1999 | See Source »

...hyperfrenetic rapper BUSTA RHYMES in New York City last week fueled the imagination of pun-happy journalists, who showcased their wit with such headlines as BUSTA BUSTED, BUSTA CRIMES and BUSTED RHYMES. Police had observed the singer driving erratically in Manhattan, pulled him over and found a loaded, unregistered pistol in the back seat as well as a small amount of marijuana in the pocket of Busta's manager and passenger, Gerald Odom. Both men were charged with possession of a weapon; Odom was also charged with possession of marijuana. Released on their own recognizance, the two will return...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: People: Jan. 11, 1999 | 1/11/1999 | See Source »

...have been holding some single mother and her tiny baby hostage, but I couldn't help thinking that even though LuAnn and Junior would have driven him batty at first, by the end of the second day he would have been heating up bottles of milk and pointing his pistol at the phone receiver, and yelling at the operator for the number of the deadbeat...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Rooting for the Death-Row Fugitive Guy | 12/14/1998 | See Source »

...hideaway at 255 Ridgecrest Road again. The fugitive, a break-in specialist, won't come out. "I want the s.o.b. to feel some pain," special agent Steve Searles tells two cops with pump shotguns. "I want you to put some hurt on him." Nothing happens when Searles fires his pistol. Nor when he bangs loudly on the porch with a baseball bat. He tries pepper spray, yelling, "Hey, hey, come on out of there! You can't stay there...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Mammoth Lakes, California: Can't We All Get Along? | 12/7/1998 | See Source »

...government--looking for scary, nonlethal weapons. His plan was to mix dominance, territorial marking and the animals' fear of confrontation to become, he explained to officials, the city's "baddest bear." Soon he began chasing bears from basements and out of school yards with rubber bullets, pepper spray and pistol-loaded screamer rockets. He shouted threats so each bear remembered him. After a bear left a house, Searles marked the den as off limits by sprinkling it with his own urine. "I get a lot of kidding about that," he admits...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Mammoth Lakes, California: Can't We All Get Along? | 12/7/1998 | See Source »

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