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Word: uzi (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1980-1989
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...fishhook with." The knight has been Galahad, Don Quixote and every tin soldier, in Robert Louis Stevenson's couplet, "With different uniforms and drills/ Among the bedclothes, through the hills." The chevalier now answers the roll call as Rambo and G.I. Joe. He wears camouflage, may carry an UZI instead of a sword and has a way of setting off unintended explosions of controversy wherever he appears...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Living: In All Seasons, Toys Are Us | 12/22/1986 | See Source »

...robbery and cocaine dealing. Now he is back in jail after being sentenced last May to serve six years for assault with a deadly weapon. "Death is a part of living," says he. "The only thing I can do is strap two .44s on my chest, keep an Uzi under the seat and a .45 in my hand. If they're going to get me, I'll take some of them with...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Today's Native Sons | 12/1/1986 | See Source »

...Ford Cougar he was driving had improper license plates. At Cortez's side, the report claimed, was Antonio Garate Bustamante, a former Guadalajara police officer who had been jailed on charges of extortion but was later cleared. Inside the trunk of the car was a semiautomatic rifle and an UZI submachine gun, both of which are illegal in Mexico. To make matters worse, Cortez had no identity papers on his person to prove his DEA status. The report conceded that contusions were found on Cortez's body three hours after his release but omitted any reference to the agent...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Mexico the Hunters Become the Hunted | 9/8/1986 | See Source »

...about to present, and decide for yourself. I first began to have my doubts about the existence of "Saint Nick" a few Decembers ago, when I realized that I never got the presents I asked for in my letters. Each time I tore open a package expecting my Uzi, I found instead the He-Man/She-Ra Adventure Set, or a pair of socks. I asked my parents about this disparity, but they simply shrugged and said that Santa couldn't always cater to every child's needs...

Author: By Ben N. Smith, | Title: Santa No Longer A Secret | 12/17/1985 | See Source »

...five other co-defendants and their spouses hold a total of 10 college and six graduate degrees. They were under surveillance by the FBI for more than a year when agents arrested them in October 1984 and found an arsenal of weapons--including sawed-off shotguns and Uzi machine guns--at several members' houses...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Alums Get Public Service Sentence | 10/18/1985 | See Source »

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