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# February 17, 1975 | Vol. 105 No. 7 February 17, 1975 |  

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Vol. 105 No. 7

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February 17th, 1975 | Vol. 105, No. 7 | U.S.

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February 17, 1975

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## Table of Contents

Others

[AMERICAN NOTES: Gresham's Lawlessness](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,912848,00.html)[The Nation: Will the Real Stuart Stand Up?](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,912849,00.html)[The Nation: Cents and Sensibility](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,912850,00.html)[The Nation: Guess Who?](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,912851,00.html)[THE RECESSION: The Growing Specter of Unemployment](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,912852,00.html)[POLITICS: Scoop Jackson: Running Hard Uphill](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,912853,00.html)[The Nation: People Are Looking for Answers](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,912854,00.html)[The Nation: Six Others for '76--and More to Come](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,912855,00.html)[NEW JERSEY: Going Broke](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,912856,00.html)[OPINION: Defending the Founders](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,912857,00.html)[MYSTERIES: Where's David?](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,912858,00.html)[THE PRESIDENCY by HUGH SIDEY: Mr. Porter Goes to Washington](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,912859,00.html)[MIDDLE EAST: Last Chance for Kissinger's Step-by-Step?](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,912865,00.html)[BRITAIN: No Time for Post-Mortems](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,912866,00.html)[The World: Britain's La Pasionaria of Privilege](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,912867,00.html)[ETHIOPIA: Appointment in Asmara](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,912868,00.html)[TURKEY: Strains in an Old Alliance](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,912869,00.html)[The World: Funeral for a Nightingale](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,912870,00.html)[PERU: The Limazo Riots](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,912871,00.html)[SOUTH VIET NAM: Darkness Without Exit](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,912872,00.html)[GREECE: The Ailing King](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,912873,00.html)[Science: Fireflies Fatales](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,912898,00.html)[Science: A Doughnut for Power](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,912899,00.html)[CAPSULES: Moral Obligation](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,912889,00.html)[Medicine: Cancer Vaccine Quest](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,912890,00.html)[Medicine: Costly Contamination](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,912891,00.html)[Behavior: The Everything Expert](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,912881,00.html)[Behavior: Death Companionship](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,912882,00.html)[Modern Living: Those Designing Europeans](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,912883,00.html)[Sport: Courtquake in the West](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,912877,00.html)[Sport: The Loneliness of The Long-Distance Skier](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,912878,00.html)[TIME'S BOARD OF ECONOMISTS: Bigger Tax Cuts for Faster Recovery](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,912860,00.html)[Business: The Vulnerable Managers](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,912861,00.html)[ENERGY: Kissinger Lays Out His Floor Plan](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,912862,00.html)[Business: Here Comes the New Optimism](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,912863,00.html)[INVESTMENT: Breaking a Bank Barrier](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,912864,00.html)[Education: Economics at Harvard](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,912884,00.html)[Education: Retreat from Integration](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,912885,00.html)[The Law: Will Douglas Quit?](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,912886,00.html)[The Law: Cop Carnage](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,912887,00.html)[The Law: Libertarian Lobby](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,912888,00.html)[Cinema: Dead Center](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,912845,00.html)[Cinema: Down the Block](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,912846,00.html)[Cinema: Jewish Princess](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,912847,00.html)[Show Business: Viewpoints](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,912879,00.html)[Show Business: Gillooly Doesn't Live Here Anymore](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,912880,00.html)[Books: Strange Boardfellows](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,912892,00.html)[Books: Ring Around the Collar](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,912893,00.html)[Books: Caged Condor](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,912894,00.html)[Books: Best Sellers](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,912895,00.html)[Music: Pick of the Pops](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,912896,00.html)[Music: The Panovs at Last](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,912897,00.html)[Milestones, Feb. 17, 1975](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,912876,00.html)[People, Feb. 17, 1975](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,912874,00.html)[A Letter From The Publisher, Feb. 17, 1975](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,912844,00.html)[Forum, Feb. 17, 1975](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,912875,00.html)


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