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Some of the SAM sites were probably wiped out by Maverick air-to-surface missiles, or "smart" bombs, some of which are guided along a pinpoint beam of laser light to within a few feet of the target. They are comparatively slow, but still accurate...
DIED. Neil Bogart, 39, maverick entertainment mogul whose "ear for the street" made him a millionaire catalyst of the disco-music craze; of cancer; in Los Angeles. Bogart at 27 first corralled the teeny-bopper record market with "bubblegum" music like the indigestible Yummy Yummy Yummy ("I've got love in my tummy"). With his sure instinct for slick commercialization, he was a key shaper of the success of such pop singers and groups as Donna Summer, Mac Davis, the Village People and Kiss. An occasional co-producer of expertly hyped movies as well (Midnight Express, The Deep), Bogart...
WHILE MASTERS rightly point out that tension and confusion ensue when maverick event becomes public it is insensitive and ridiculous for them to continue to give assurances that closed door talks can eliminate this problem. The masters ought to realize that their own sequestered meetings are equally responsible for the tension and confusion surrounding this ultimately silly issue...
...much as $15. In still another effort to add to its considerable success, the N.F.L. is now lobbying in Congress for exemption from the antitrust laws. This would open the way to further expansion. It would also tighten the league's hold over such maverick owners as Al Davis, who is suing the N.F.L. for blocking his plan to move the Raiders from Oakland to Los Angeles...
...strategy backfired. Outraged by the changes, rightist death squads and maverick security forces stepped up their terror campaign, murdering men and women suspected of sympathizing with the left. In retaliation, the rebel bands, whose total strength is now estimated to number between 4,000 and 6,000, escalated their attacks on military and economic targets, while the 14,000-man armed forces struggled vainly to crush the insurgency...