Word: magnuson
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...Senior Writer Ed Magnuson, there are two personal statistics of which he keeps careful track. The first concerns something called DXing, or long-distance communications by amateur radio. Magnuson, call sign W21JB, is an enthusiastic practitioner: in the past seven years, operating his rig from his apartment in New York City's Greenwich Village, he has made at least one contact with 301 of the 315 "countries" from which ham radio broadcasts can originate (a total that includes a single country's widely separated parts, such as Hawaii and Alaska...
...other statistic Magnuson tabulates carefully is the number of cover stories he has written for TIME. With this week's contribution, on the fraudulent Hitler diaries and forgeries through the centuries, the total now stands at 93, more than half again as many as his nearest competitor. His first cover story, on nuclear testing, ran in 1962, a year after he came to TIME from ten years with the Minneapolis Tribune. He later became the Education writer for three years, during which he wrote a favorite cover story, in 1966, on great college teachers. Since 1969, he has written...
...speech can turn this thing around." Reagan also tried to turn public opinion with his recent star wars appeal for military spending increases. As last week's events made clear, that speech failed to convince even the Republicans. With friends like that, who needs Democrats? -By Ed Magnuson. Reported by Laurence I. Barrett and Neil MacNeil/Washington
...elderly woman spots Pepper on a Miami sidewalk and throws her arms around his neck. "I just want to thank you," she says, "for what you are doing for us. " -By Ed Magnuson. Reported by Hays Corey/Washington
...Salvadoran government to do so. State Department Spokesman John Hughes took an upbeat view of last week's congressional skirmishing. Said he: "This demonstrates a bipartisan consensus that the route to peace in Central America is through democracy and reforms behind a shield of military security." - By Ed Magnuson. Reported by Johanna McGeary and Evan Thomas/Washington