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...college teachers. Since 1969, he has written almost exclusively for the Nation section, treating at cover length everything from the My Lai massacre revelations that year to last month's profile of Florida Representative Claude Pepper. In between, there were the Pentagon papers, the nuclear accident at Three Mile Island, the Iran hostage crisis and many thousands of words of political analysis. But Magnuson is chiefly renowned among colleagues as TIME's iron-man chronicler of the Watergate crisis, having written 21 cover stories in 18 months, four in consecutive weeks...
...from Lebanon hinged to a large degree on a former Lebanese army major who was dishonorably discharged four years ago for desertion. The commander of a largely Christian militia in southern Lebanon, variously estimated at 1,000 to 2,000 men. Major Saad Haddad, 45, has controlled a ten-mile-wide strip along the Israeli border since 1978. He has provided a foothold in Lebanon for Israel, which has not only trained and equipped his forces but also paid him $12,000 a year to keep the territory free of Palestinian guerrillas seeking to attack Israel...
...territory "Free Lebanon." To most people, however, the area is known as "Haddadland." With Israeli backing, Haddad established the border enclave to thwart deployment of United Nations peace-keeping forces and regular Lebanese army units. Last February, he announced that he was extending his control over the entire 28-mile-wide zone that Israel has said is essential to its security. This part of Lebanon has 600,000 residents, who are predominantly Shi'ite Muslims. But it also includes a substantial number of Christians, Sunni and Druze Muslims, as well as some 200,000 Palestinians...
...according to the Polish government, there had been demonstrations in 20 cities. About 1,000 people were detained, although most were released within 48 hours. Only one person died: a printshop worker whose body was found outside a restaurant in downtown Nowa Huta, a mile from the site of the nearest demonstrations. A second round of protests, two days later, was broken up by police and militiamen with equal ease. In a particularly brutal incident, "hooligans" believed to have been recruited by the secret police invaded St. Martin's Church in Warsaw and beat up a number of volunteer...
...senior years in two seasons of starting at middle guard for the Crimson. He was also selected this year as an American Press All-American, honorable mention, and a United Press International All-East team member. The future Cowboy ran the 200 and 400 meters races and the mile relay in track. He were his last Harvard jersey at Saturday's heptagonal...