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Politics, world news, photos, video, tech reviews, health, science, and entertainment news. title: January 3rd, 1972 | Vol. 99, No. 1 | U.S. image: https://gcp-na-images.contentstack.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- Back to the vault # January 3, 1972 | Vol. 99 No. 1January 3, 1972 | Vol. 99 No. 1  Issue name January 3rd, 1972 | Vol. 99, No. 1 | U.S. Issue date January 3, 1972 Location U.S. Related categories [U.S. Presidents](/vault/subject/u-s-presidents/) [Influence](/vault/subject/influence/) [Person of the Year](/vault/subject/person-of-the-year/) [Browse issue pages](/vault/issue/1972-01-03/page/1/)[Buy This Cover](https://www.timecoverstore.com/) ## Table of Contents Others [MAN OF THE YEAR: Nixon: Determined to Make a Difference](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,879010,00.html)[The Nation: An Interview with the President: The Jury Is Out](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,879011,00.html)[The Nation: The Private World of Richard Nixon](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,879012,00.html)[POLITICS: The Polish Connection](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,879013,00.html)[The Nation: Daley on the Defensive](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,879014,00.html)[The Nation: A Bloodied Lindsay](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,879015,00.html)[LABOR: Hoffa Home Free](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,879016,00.html)[RACES: Jackson PUSHes On](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,879017,00.html)[AMERICAN SCENE: Barrow, Alaska: Cold Frontier](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,879018,00.html)[PAKISTAN: Ali Bhutto Begins to Pick Up the Pieces](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,879019,00.html)[BANGLADESH: Vengeance in Victory](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,879020,00.html)[The World: Not a Person To Be Pressured](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,879021,00.html)[INDOCHINA: The Air War Resumes](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,879022,00.html)[UNITED NATIONS: A Viennese Compromise](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,879023,00.html)[MIDDLE EAST: A Year of Debacle?](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,879024,00.html)[ITALY: Belated Best Man](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,879025,00.html)[CZECHOSLOVAKIA: A Do-It-Yourself Escape](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,879026,00.html)[IRELAND: War of Attrition](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,879027,00.html)[AFRICA: Three Fallen Rulers](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,879028,00.html)[Environment: Ruckelshaus' First Year](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,879037,00.html)[Environment: Monster Mast](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,879038,00.html)[Modern Living: Caution: New Signs](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,879034,00.html)[Modern Living: Frozen Assets](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,879035,00.html)[Modern Living: The Strict Sensor](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,879036,00.html)[Behavior: Nurturing Intelligence](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,879042,00.html)[Behavior: Confessions and Comics](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,879043,00.html)[Behavior: Adolescent Suicide](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,879044,00.html)[The Press: Duel in Milwaukee](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,879032,00.html)[The Press: Ouster at the U.N.](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,879033,00.html)[Religion: Baptism by Theater](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,879031,00.html)[PHASE II: Holding Down Those Prices](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,879047,00.html)[WORLD MONEY: A More Equal System](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,879048,00.html)[OIL: The Battle of the Atlantic](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,879049,00.html)[COMPUTERS: Challenging the Jolly Gray Giant](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,879050,00.html)[TRADE: Bidding Up Shrimp](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,879051,00.html)[Education: Sober Chaos](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,879030,00.html)[Music: An Ordinary Bloke](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,879039,00.html)[Music: Montage of Loss](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,879040,00.html)[Music: 1971's Best LPs](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,879041,00.html)[The Theater: 1971's Ten Best Plays](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,879045,00.html)[The Theater: The Cassandra Complex](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,879046,00.html)[Cinema: Outside Society](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,879053,00.html)[Cinema: Russian Dressing](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,879054,00.html)[Cinema: 1971's Ten Best](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,879055,00.html)[Books: Leviathans](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,879056,00.html)[Books: Reconstituting Richard](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,879057,00.html)[FICTION: A Selection of the Year's Best Books](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,879058,00.html)[Show Business: Hip Hokum](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,879059,00.html)[Show Business: Typhoon Jane](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,879060,00.html)[Television: 1971's Ten Most](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,879061,00.html)[Television: Here's Looking at You](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,879062,00.html)[Milestones, Jan. 3, 1972](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,879052,00.html)[People, Jan. 3, 1972](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,879029,00.html)[A Letter From The Publisher, Jan. 3, 1972](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,879008,00.html)[Letters, Jan. 3, 1972](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,879009,00.html) January 3rd, 1972 | Vol. 99, No. 1 | 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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