--- --- Back to the vault # February 18, 1974 | Vol. 103 No. 7February 18, 1974 | Vol. 103 No. 7  Issue name February 18th, 1974 | Vol. 103, No. 7 | U.S. Issue date February 18, 1974 Location U.S. [Browse issue pages](/vault/issue/1974-02-18/page/1/)[Buy This Cover](https://www.timecoverstore.com/) ## Table of Contents Others [AMERICAN NOTES: Taking It for Granted](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,942748,00.html)[The Nation: The Plumbers' Plain](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,942749,00.html)[The Nation: Choosing the Checkoff](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,942750,00.html)[The Nation: Whatever the Result, Let Us Proceed](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,942751,00.html)[The Nation: Jaworski: Seeing It Through](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,942752,00.html)[The Nation: The Pitfalls Of Partisanship](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,942753,00.html)[The Nation: Pointed Questions for the President](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,942754,00.html)[POLITICS: An Unclear Gauge](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,942755,00.html)[THE ECONOMY: Getting Out of Controls](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,942756,00.html)[PERSONALITY: A Milestone for Princess Malice](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,942757,00.html)[CRIME: The Cobra Strikes](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,942758,00.html)[THE PRESIDENCY by HUGH SIDEY: Toward an Uncertain Spring](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,942759,00.html)[BRITAIN: Heath Takes His Case to the Voters](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,942765,00.html)[FRANCE: An Illness in the Elysee Palace](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,942766,00.html)[CHINA: Chairman Mao's New Revolution](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,942767,00.html)[EGYPT: No Doubts About Who's in Charge](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,942768,00.html)[The World: Egypt's Liberating First Lady](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,942769,00.html)[SOVIET UNION: A Fortress of Newsprint](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,942770,00.html)[The World: Martyr Dethroned](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,942771,00.html)[GRENADA: Let Them Eat Bananas](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,942772,00.html)[Medicine: Health Insurance for All](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,942778,00.html)[Medicine: Tricks to Treat](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,942779,00.html)[The Sexes: Men of the House](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,942782,00.html)[The Sexes: Madam Executive](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,942783,00.html)[Modern Living: The Izaaks of Ice](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,942788,00.html)[Modern Living: The Busted Birds](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,942789,00.html)[Religion: Penance Reconsidered](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,942790,00.html)[Religion: Children of Doom](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,942791,00.html)[Sport: Marshmallow Empire](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,942776,00.html)[Sport: Spassky in Transit](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,942777,00.html)[Time: A Pragmatist and a Pioneer](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,942760,00.html)[OIL: Exxon: Testing the International Tiger](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,942761,00.html)[Energy: The Man from Medicine Hat](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,942762,00.html)[SHORTAGES: Gas Fever: Happiness Is a Full Tank](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,942763,00.html)[Energy: Payoff for Terror on the Road](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,942764,00.html)[Education: Scorpions in a Bottle](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,942774,00.html)[Education: The Dallas Monster](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,942775,00.html)[The Law: Mr. Smith Comes to the A.B.A](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,942786,00.html)[The Law: No for No-Growth](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,942787,00.html)[Cinema: Celtic Twilight](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,942780,00.html)[Cinema: Not Fancy, Not Free](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,942781,00.html)[Art: Wool for the Eyes](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,942784,00.html)[Art: Gift to the West](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,942785,00.html)[Music: Down Memory Lane](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,942792,00.html)[Music: Chinese Schmalz](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,942793,00.html)[Books: A Confusion of Tongues](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,942794,00.html)[Books: Winter's Tale](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,942795,00.html)[Books: Rambling Rex](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,942796,00.html)[FICTION: Best Sellers](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,942797,00.html)[The Theater: Funny Farm](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,942798,00.html)[The Theater: British Sketchbook](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,942799,00.html)[Milestones, Feb. 18, 1974](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,942800,00.html)[People, Feb. 18, 1974](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,942773,00.html)[A Letter From The Publisher, Feb. 18, 1974](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,942746,00.html)[Letters, Feb. 18, 1974](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,942747,00.html) February 18th, 1974 | Vol. 103, No. 7 | U.S. ```json {"@context":"https://schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":210,"height":60},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https://time.com/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"February 18th, 1974 | Vol. 103, No. 7 | U.S.","item":"https://time.com/magazine/us/3566881/february-18th-1974-vol-103-no-7-u-s/"}]}]} ```