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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...Toole likes to say his life has been "either a wedding or a wake." The decades since Lawrence have given him opportunities for both: some scintillating screen achievements (Lord Jim, The Ruling Class, My Favorite Year) and the squiffy, self-parodying grandeur of so many talk-show turns and his West End Macbeth...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: Peter O'Toole's Yardstick | 2/6/1989 | See Source »

...waiting periods of several weeks on gun purchases. That gives authorities time to check buyers for a criminal record and makes it harder for miscreants to get weapons. Not so in Texas or many parts of the South, such as Florida, South Carolina and Virginia, where customers need only show a driver's license or other form of identification that certifies them as state residents...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Running Guns up the Interstate | 2/6/1989 | See Source »

INTERVIEW: David Letterman, host of TV's funniest talk show, gets serious -- sort of -- about his career and his comedy...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Time Magazine Contents Page Vol. 133 No. 6 FEBRUARY 6, 1989 | 2/6/1989 | See Source »

...young stand-up comic with a little Tonight show experience under his belt. Now, on the eve of the seventh anniversary of his own late- night show, Letterman is riding high as TV's most inventive and influential comic. Yet he still looks up to Johnny Carson, gets annoyed at guests who don't come prepared, and wonders why some people think he's mean...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Time Magazine Contents Page Vol. 133 No. 6 FEBRUARY 6, 1989 | 2/6/1989 | See Source »

...Show Business...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Time Magazine Contents Page Vol. 133 No. 6 FEBRUARY 6, 1989 | 2/6/1989 | See Source »

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