Word: magnusson
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...recently when the World's Strongest Man competition came on television. For those who have never seen this world-class event, hulking men with names like Ab Sanders and Magnus Ver Magnusson prove their might by pulling several-ton tractors across snowy fields, hurling boulders and performing other Herculean feats. As I sat on my uncomfortable bar stool, I thought about all the scintillating drama I was missing by not having cable television in my dorm room...
...presence of a TV camera -- one in plain sight, that is -- can help keep police on their best behavior. And it inhibits suspects from getting violent, some officers contend. TV cameras can also help prosecutors later on. David Magnusson, a former street cop for Greater Miami's Metro-Dade police who now works in the department's press office, recalls a man arrested for dope possession who stuffed his stash in his mouth and swallowed it. Knowing his actions had been taped by a Cops crew, however, he pleaded guilty to tampering with evidence...