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Politics, world news, photos, video, tech reviews, health, science, and entertainment news. title: April 25th, 1977 | Vol. 109, No. 17 | U.S. image: https://gcp-na-images.contentstack.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- Back to the vault # April 25, 1977 | Vol. 109 No. 17April 25, 1977 | Vol. 109 No. 17  Issue name April 25th, 1977 | Vol. 109, No. 17 | U.S. Issue date April 25, 1977 Location U.S. Related categories [Government](/vault/subject/government/) [U.S. Government](/vault/subject/u-s-government/) [U.S. Presidents](/vault/subject/u-s-presidents/) [Science](/vault/subject/science/) [Energy](/vault/subject/energy/) [Browse issue pages](/vault/issue/1977-04-25/page/1/)[Buy This Cover](https://www.timecoverstore.com/) ## Table of Contents Others [THE ADMINISTRATION: Carter's First Big Test](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,918854,00.html)[The Nation: Jimmy's Carrot-and-Stick Plan](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,918855,00.html)[The Nation: Ninety-Day Wondering](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,918856,00.html)[The Nation: A Muzzle for 'Motor Mouth'?](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,918857,00.html)[THE PRESIDENCY by HUGH SIDEY: Still Mr. Outside](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,918858,00.html)[The Nation: The Verdict Thus Far](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,918859,00.html)[THE WHITE HOUSE: How Jimmy's Staff Operates](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,918860,00.html)[CONFERENCES: Opening the Debate](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,918861,00.html)[ISRAEL: A Big Bird in a Land of Hawks and Doves](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,918863,00.html)[The World: Peres: A Test of Nerves](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,918864,00.html)[ZAIRE: A Little Help from His Friends](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,918865,00.html)[DIPLOMACY: A little Stink About a Lot of Fish](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,918866,00.html)[SPAIN: Communists Out in the Open](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,918867,00.html)[EUROPE: Crusading Against the Atom](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,918868,00.html)[ITALY: Courageous Claudia Fights Back](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,918869,00.html)[Medicine: On the Track of a Shifty Bug](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,918870,00.html)[Living: Hanging Out with the L.A. Rockers](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,918882,00.html)[The Sexes: The Unmaking of an Amendment](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,918888,00.html)[BYPLAY by ROGER KAHN: Bill Veeck: The Happy Hustler](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,918889,00.html)[REGULATION: Reappraising Saccharin--and the FDA](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,918877,00.html)[EXECUTIVES: 77 Ford Trimotor](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,918878,00.html)[FOOD: Still the Champion](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,918879,00.html)[POSTAL SERVICE: Never on Saturday?](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,918880,00.html)[Education: Yale's Shrine to the Age of Reason](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,918871,00.html)[VIEWPOINT: Eve's Rib and Adam's Yawn](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,918874,00.html)[Cinema: Woody Allen's Breakthrough Movie](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,918875,00.html)[Cinema: Sounding Brass](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,918876,00.html)[Music: The Pageantry of a Klutz's Mind](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,918881,00.html)[The Theater: Liv in Limbo](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,918883,00.html)[The Theater: Dagger of Pain](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,918884,00.html)[Books: The New Literary Appreciation](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,918885,00.html)[Books: America, America](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,918886,00.html)[FICTION: Best Sellers](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,918887,00.html)[Milestones, Apr. 25, 1977](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,918872,00.html)[People, Apr. 25, 1977](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,918873,00.html)[A Letter From The Publisher, Apr. 25, 1977](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,918852,00.html)[Letters, Apr. 25, 1977](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,918853,00.html)[Time Essay: The Nightmare Life Without Fuel](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,918862,00.html) April 25th, 1977 | Vol. 109, No. 17 | 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":"April 25th, 1977 | Vol. 109, No. 17 | U.S.","item":"https://time.com/magazine/us/3567297/april-25th-1977-vol-109-no-17-u-s/"}]}]} ```