--- --- Back to the vault # February 25, 1974 | Vol. 103 No. 8February 25, 1974 | Vol. 103 No. 8  Issue name February 25th, 1974 | Vol. 103, No. 8 | U.S. Issue date February 25, 1974 Location U.S. [Browse issue pages](/vault/issue/1974-02-25/page/1/)[Buy This Cover](https://www.timecoverstore.com/) ## Table of Contents Others [AMERICAN NOTES: Mixed Report on Progress](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,879261,00.html)[The Nation: The Meter Is Running](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,879262,00.html)[The Nation: Restoring Lee](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,879263,00.html)[THE MOOD: Of Crisis and Confidence](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,879264,00.html)[THE CRISIS: The Quiet-Stall Survival Strategy](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,879265,00.html)[THE PRESIDENCY by HUGH SIDEY: Trying to Get Right with Lincoln](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,879266,00.html)[THE VICE PRESIDENCY: Delicate Balancing Act](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,879267,00.html)[CRIME: The Ordeal of a Political Prisoner](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,879268,00.html)[CHICAGO: The Rock Takes Over](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,879269,00.html)[SOVIET UNION: Solzhenitsyn: An Artist Becomes an](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,879275,00.html)[BRITAIN: Ted and Harold on the husting](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,879276,00.html)[PERSIAN GULF: Moslem v. Moslem](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,879277,00.html)[THE HEMISPHERE: Dialogue of Equals](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,879278,00.html)[The World: Phnom-Penh Under Fire](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,879279,00.html)[THE PHILIPPINES: The Limits to Martial Law](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,879280,00.html)[CHINA: Slandering the Sage](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,879281,00.html)[Science: One Hit, One Miss](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,879285,00.html)[Science: Enjoying the Earth](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,879286,00.html)[Modern Living: Pelican Pen](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,879290,00.html)[Modern Living: Sears, Robot & Co.](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,879291,00.html)[The Press: Postal Rates: Up, Up, Up](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,879283,00.html)[The Press: Gentleman George](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,879284,00.html)[Sport: Walton: Basketball's Vegetarian Tiger](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,879294,00.html)[Sport: John Wooden's Simple Strategy](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,879295,00.html)[Sport: A Patron Called Papa Sam](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,879296,00.html)[Energy: A Step Toward Unity](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,879271,00.html)[RATIONING: Spotty Local Starts](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,879272,00.html)[OIL: The New Barons of Oil](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,879273,00.html)[TOURISM: The Rush to Stay at Home](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,879274,00.html)[AUTOS: The Small Inherit a Shrunken Market](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,879298,00.html)[HOUSING: Levitt's Buy-Back](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,879299,00.html)[JAPAN: Tackling the Traders](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,879300,00.html)[RAILROADS: The Green Giant](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,879301,00.html)[ENTREPRENEURS: Geffen's Golden Touch](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,879302,00.html)[Education: Fogbound Schools](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,879289,00.html)[Show Business: Man, Is That Funny?](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,879287,00.html)[Show Business: Uncommon Apprentice](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,879288,00.html)[The Theater: Black People's Time](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,879292,00.html)[The Theater: Ghetto Chayefsky](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,879293,00.html)[Books: Looking Backward Through the Lens](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,879303,00.html)[Music: Wanted: Full-Time Help](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,879304,00.html)[Milestones, Feb. 25, 1974](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,879297,00.html)[People, Feb. 25, 1974](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,879282,00.html)[A Letter From The Publisher, Feb. 25, 1974](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,879259,00.html)[Letters, Feb. 25, 1974](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,879260,00.html)[Time Essay: The Proper Grounds for Impeachment](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,879270,00.html) February 25th, 1974 | Vol. 103, No. 8 | 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 25th, 1974 | Vol. 103, No. 8 | U.S.","item":"https://time.com/magazine/us/3566884/february-25th-1974-vol-103-no-8-u-s/"}]}]} ```