Word: magnusons
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...midweek, the word was flowing in by telephone and telex from our correspondents: Reagan had angered conservatives; yet he had failed to attract moderates. His bizarre gamble had not worked. TIME's editors decided that the sudden rush of events demanded cover treatment. With that, Senior Writer Ed Magnuson quietly began work on his 64th TIME cover story...
...crisis hand, Magnuson came to TIME 16 years ago from the Minneapolis Tribune. There the Phi Beta Kappa journalism graduate of the University of Minnesota (other Minnesota alumni in journalism: Eric Sevareid and Harrison Salisbury) won several Twin Cities awards for crime reporting and human-interest stories, and for a decade covered a broad sweep of the upper Midwest, from Wisconsin to South Dakota. Given leeway by the Tribune, Magnuson wandered over his territory, reporting spot news and old frontier tales alike from Tuesday to Friday and protecting his favorites on Saturday, when he took over as night city editor...
...American Bar Association has once again given TIME the Certificate of Merit in its annual Gavel awards competition for legal reporting. Singled out were: "The Crime Wave," a cover story written by Jose M. Ferrer III, James Atwater and John Leo; "The Truth About Hoover," written by Ed Magnuson; and "Curbing It Without Killing It," a story on bringing the Federal Bureau of Investigation under control, written by Frank B. Merrick...
When Administration health officials begin lining up Americans for their flu shots next fall, joked Democratic Senator Warren Magnuson of Washington, "they might have 'em vote at the same time." Magnuson's wisecrack, made during hearings on President Ford's emergency request for $135 million to inoculate all Americans against a possible outbreak of swine influenza (TIME, April 5), was tacit recognition of the emerging controversy surrounding the proposal. Despite final congressional approval and the signing of the measure into law last week, some legislators and doctors are wondering out loud whether the flu program is merely...
What Is "Full"? The act, a kind of anti-lemon aid sponsored by Democratic Senators Warren G. Magnuson of Washington and Frank E. Moss of Utah, took effect last July. It is aimed at clearing up misunderstandings about manufacturers' guarantees. These misunderstandings arise from such common practices as exempting certain parts of the product from the warranty or requiring the buyer to pay for shipping a defective item to and from the factory for servicing. The act requires that any manufacturer offering a "full" warranty must agree to correct or replace a defective product free within a "reasonable" time...