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...CONTROL] Opposed gun-control measures in the Senate, including the Brady bill. Favors replacing its five-day waiting period with an instant, computerized background check. Opposed the assault-weapons ban, but doesn't advocate repeal...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: WHERE THEY STAND | 11/4/1996 | See Source »

...ranking member of the House Subcommittee on Crime, Schumer is a bad word to NRA lobbyists: he was a fierce sponsor of the assault-weapons ban and the Brady Bill, which mandates a five-day waiting period before buying a handgun. He also sponsored a law making it illegal to obstruct access to abortion clinics, a popular move in the liberal Ninth. By no means camera shy, Schumer may be setting himself up to bid for New York's governorship...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: A GUIDE TO THE CONGRESSIONAL RACES: NEW YORK | 11/4/1996 | See Source »

...good behavior and enrollment in a drug-rehab program. Advil in your backpack will get you a one-day suspension. Kiss a girl and make her cry? In North Carolina that's punishable by detention and missing an ice-cream party; in New York City, by a five-day suspension...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: NO MORE TEACHERS' SILLY RULES | 10/21/1996 | See Source »

Logan won 24 of 27 games at the five-day tournament to finish a full five matches ahead of the second place competitor...

Author: By Malka A. Older, | Title: Graduate Student Wins Scrabble Championship | 7/30/1996 | See Source »

Starting off the festivities is Boston's annual Harborfest, a five-day event running from July 2-7, featuring music, food and, of course, history...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Tradition Inspires July 4th Festivities | 7/4/1996 | See Source »

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