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...actually an AKS, a Chinese-made semiautomatic version of the fully automatic Soviet AK-47, though many gun dealers and users call both versions AK-47s.) At B & B Sales in North Hollywood, owner Bob Kahn spent much of Thursday frantically phoning suppliers to replenish his sold-out stocks. "We're in a frenzy," he said. Kahn assured customers that 50 AK-47 look-alikes would arrive on Friday, but some buyers were in no mood to wait. Jay Montoya, a Los Angeles salesman who had already visited three other stores in a futile attempt to buy the Chinese-made...

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

Cathy McCormick, acting director of the Office for the Arts, says that at the reunion concert Jacquet was electrifying as he played to a sold-out Sanders Theater. "He brought down the house with a rendition of the theme song "Flying Home," Mc Cormick says...

Author: By Melanie R. Williams, | Title: Jacquet Brings Jazz to Life | 2/3/1989 | See Source »

WAITING FOR GODOT. Samuel Beckett takes a backseat to inspired if intrusive clowning by Robin Williams and Steve Martin in a sold-out run at Manhattan's Lincoln Center...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Critics' Choice: Nov. 28, 1988 | 11/28/1988 | See Source »

...midst of all the '87 madness -- sold-out arena concerts, two No. 1 singles, a No. 1 album, a deluge of magazine covers -- U2 knew they were adrift. It wasn't simply that the velocity of their incredible success had cut them loose from their moorings. Superstardom beamed a sudden, harsh light: the Irish band had no strong musical foundation at all. There was a sudden shared awareness among them that their center could not hold because it had never been firmly fixed...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Music: U2 Explores America | 11/21/1988 | See Source »

...first show, at 8:30 p.m., is already sold-out. Tickets for the 11:00 p.m. show are still available and cost $19.50 for general admission and $12.50 for members of the Irish Cultural Society...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Short Takes | 11/12/1988 | See Source »

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