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Word: uzi (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1990-1999
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...holds off a SWAT team but seems at a loss to explain why. "I want you to send somebody in," he finally calls out, "to help me think of my demands." Even odder, all of this doesn't blast away at viewers with the firepower of a typical sitcom Uzi; devoid of a laugh track, it floats along like an errant Wiffle ball...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Hill Street Blues on Happy Juice | 11/22/1993 | See Source »

Clinton also moved by Executive Order to ban the import of assault pistols like the Israeli-made Uzi and tightened up the licensing rules for gun dealers to make it harder for people to run gun shops out of hotel rooms or the trunks of their cars. Under his new rules, anyone applying for a permit to sell weapons will be fingerprinted and subject to a background check...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: President Clinton: Laying Down the Law | 8/23/1993 | See Source »

...Knighton smiles fondly as he recalls each one. "When I was 14, I started out with a .25 automatic, then ; got me a .38 snub-nosed, then a 12-gauge shotgun, a .45 automatic and a 9-mm. But my last gun -- and my best gun -- was a baby Uzi...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Children Without Pity | 10/26/1992 | See Source »

...lives very well with his family in a nice neighborhood. He doesn't deal anymore. To most people, Rider appears to be a successful investor. He wears Armani suits, collects classic cars, owns a 40-ft. powerboat. He drives a four-by-four but keeps an Uzi stashed in the back, just in case...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: LEON BING: In The Brutal World of L.A.'s Toughest Gangs | 3/16/1992 | See Source »

...they knuckle under to liberal consumer groups. "You simply cannot have the public at large telling corporations how to run their business," he avers. He also believes in America, the family, capitalism and the inalienable right of fat guys in phosphorescent jackets to lumber through the woods with an Uzi and blast Bambi to bits. One of Limbaugh's favorite callers, "Mick from the high mountains of New Mexico," says he dines frequently at the Roadkill Cafe on "tacos made outta dead puppies...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: A Man. A Legend. A What!? | 9/23/1991 | See Source »

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