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...talked of raising enough financing to make a cash bid for CBS or perhaps staging a proxy fight for control of the network at its annual meeting next spring. Meanwhile, reports at week's end suggested that the broadcast maverick may already have his eyes on another takeover target: entertainment giant MGM-UA. ENTERTAINMENT Ratin' Rock 'n' Roll...
...Haseltine, it can mutate frequently, changing its outer coat (the essential ingredient in making a vaccine) 100 to 1,000 times as fast as quick-changing flu viruses. As a result, he says, "trying to develop a vaccine for AIDS is like trying to hit a rapidly moving target." Scientists are now searching for segments of the coat that seem to resist change, hoping to use them to create a vaccine that would remain effective against more than one strain of AIDS. But even the most optimistic experts think that an effective vaccine is still five years...
...doubt prejudiced rejection of the sport: clotted misery, so constipated by defense, whistle blowing and too many players that a successful scoring drive seems accidental. A stroll to the archery field, where Rick McKinney and Darrell Pace, the two best archers in the world, are shooting at the same target 50 meters away. After 1 ½ days of drawing and letting fly, Pace is ahead, 717 to 712. In two more days, McKinney manages to pull three points nearer, but Pace wins it, 2,592 to 2,590. An unmatched pair...
...employees at the Rhein-Main Air Base call it the gateway to Europe, and with good reason. Located opposite Frankfurt International Airport, Rhein-Main is almost a city unto itself, the largest and most vital link in the U.S. military airlift command. For that reason it is a prime target for terrorists. Last week they struck with a vengeance, setting off a car bomb that killed a 19-year old airman on temporary duty and the wife of another airman assigned to a medical airlift squadron. Twenty-one people were injured...
...Direct Action. Composed on paper carrying the R.A.F.'s symbol, a five-pointed star overlaid with a submachine gun, the letter said in stilted, jargon-filled language that the attack had been the work of a joint "politico-military front in Western Europe with NATO as its main target." It called the Rhein-Main base a "pivotal point for war against the Third World and a nest of spies...