Word: magnusons
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Judge Harold E. Magnuson released two of the three, who are both juveniles, in their parents' custody and continued their cases until later in the month. He ordered the third youth, Gary W. Bergan, 18, held on $10,000 bail. Bergan is charged with assault and battery and with threatening DeLuca's life...
...writing about the dramatic changes in Congress, Associate Editor Ed Magnuson drew on the transcripts of these conferences (428 pages) and the work of other scholars, which was assembled by Reporter-Researcher Harriet Baumgarten...
Iker endured nonetheless, and his findings contributed to the story written by Associate Editor Ed Magnuson, the author of 33 previous TIME covers. "Perhaps the hardest part of writing this story was keeping my own indignation in check," says Magnuson. "I'm outraged when someone jumps the line in front of a theater; the big campaign contributors are jumping the line on a national scale...
...Magnuson's introduction to political financing came 23 years ago, during his undergraduate days at the University of Minnesota. As a special project for a course in political science, he spent an academic year closely following one candidate for the Minnesota legislature. "Over many months," Magnuson recalls, "I watched the pressures on him mount from special-interest groups and potential contributors." As a reporter and writer, Magnuson has been able to watch many other politicians since then. "Nothing seems to have changed," he concludes, "except that the money and the potential reward for both donor and recipient have grown...
...Hospitals. Still, the unfairness of the present court-clogging insurance system is so glaring that almost any form of no-fault seems an improvement. Even if insurance premiums remain the same, at least the vast majority of auto-accident victims would be assured of prompt, equitable settlements. Senator Warren Magnuson, one of the sponsors of the national no-fault plan, foresees another benefit. At present, he points out, hospitals have no assurance that accident victims will ever be able to collect enough money to pay for emergency treatment, but under no-fault insurance companies would settle such bills quickly. Thus...