--- --- Back to the vault # February 20, 1978 | Vol. 111 No. 8February 20, 1978 | Vol. 111 No. 8  Issue name February 20th, 1978 | Vol. 111, No. 8 | U.S. Issue date February 20, 1978 Location U.S. Related categories [Society](/vault/subject/society/) [Technology](/vault/subject/technology/) [Science](/vault/subject/science/) [Computers](/vault/subject/computers/) [Browse issue pages](/vault/issue/1978-02-20/page/1/)[Buy This Cover](https://www.timecoverstore.com/) ## Table of Contents Others [Nation: Blizzard of the Century](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,947998,00.html)[Determined to Persevere](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,947999,00.html)[Nation: Begin: It All Goes Back to Pharaoh](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,948000,00.html)[Nation: American Jews: No Consensus](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,948001,00.html)[THE PRESIDENCY by HUGH SIDEY: Obfuscation? Dumb Insolence?](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,948002,00.html)[Nation: Opening the Great Canal Debate](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,948003,00.html)[Nation: Rookies with Big Dreams](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,948004,00.html)[Nation: High Stakes in Miami Beach](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,948005,00.html)[Nation: Dapper Dan's Toughest Scene](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,948006,00.html)[Nation: Nabbing the .22-Cal. Killers](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,948007,00.html)[HORN OF AFRICA: Ethiopia Goes on the Attack](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,948008,00.html)[World: Moscow's Helping Hands](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,948009,00.html)[FRANCE: A Schizophrenic Campaign](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,948010,00.html)[BRITAIN: Mrs. Thatcher's Bold Gamble](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,948011,00.html)[ISRAEL: Untimely Story](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,948012,00.html)[CENTRAL AMERICA: Costa Rica Shows How, Again](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,948013,00.html)[LAOS: Thorns Appear in Lotus Land](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,948014,00.html)[ALGERIA: Gilded Cage](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,948015,00.html)[ESPIONAGE: The Mounties Get Their Man](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,948016,00.html)[Medicine: Invasion from the Steppes](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,948035,00.html)[Medicine: Lowly Lifesaver](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,948036,00.html)[The Age of Miracle Chips](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,948017,00.html)[The Computer Society: Living: Pushbutton Power](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,948018,00.html)[The Computer Society: Checking Out Tomorrow](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,948019,00.html)[The Computer Society: Business: Thinking Small](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,948020,00.html)[The Computer Society: Down Silicon Valley](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,948021,00.html)[The Computer Society: Science: The Numbers Game](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,948022,00.html)[The Computer Society: The Art of Chip Making](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,948023,00.html)[Sexes: Sick Again?](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,948045,00.html)[Sexes: The Women of Israel](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,948046,00.html)[Energy: Dimming Chances for Carter's Bill](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,948028,00.html)[Business: Beer: Big Battles Are Brewing](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,948029,00.html)[Business: Collapse of the Coal Pact](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,948030,00.html)[Business: Superior Seduction](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,948031,00.html)[Business: White House Encounter](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,948032,00.html)[Business: Panama's Rewards of Ratification](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,948033,00.html)[Business: Boeing Plans a Rubber Plane](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,948034,00.html)[Education: Tuition Blues](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,948037,00.html)[Law: Ford's $128.5 Million Headache](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,948025,00.html)[Cinema: The Dark at the End off the Tunnel](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,948026,00.html)[Cinema: Ego Trip](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,948027,00.html)[Theater: Silky Redcoat](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,948038,00.html)[Art: Making the Blue-Collar Waxworks](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,948040,00.html)[Books: Leslie Fiedler's Monster Party](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,948042,00.html)[Books: Sunny Boy](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,948043,00.html)[Books: Editors' Choice](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,948044,00.html)[Milestones, Feb. 20, 1978](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,948041,00.html)[People, Feb. 20, 1978](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,948039,00.html)[A Letter From The Publisher, Feb. 20, 1978](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,947996,00.html)[Letters, Feb. 20, 1978](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,947997,00.html)[Time Essay: Toward an Intelligence Beyond Man's](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,948024,00.html) February 20th, 1978 | Vol. 111, 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, 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