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Politics, world news, photos, video, tech reviews, health, science, and entertainment news. title: January 10th, 1972 | Vol. 99, No. 2 | U.S. image: https://gcp-na-images.contentstack.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- Back to the vault # January 10, 1972 | Vol. 99 No. 2January 10, 1972 | Vol. 99 No. 2  Issue name January 10th, 1972 | Vol. 99, No. 2 | U.S. Issue date January 10, 1972 Location U.S. Related categories [World](/vault/subject/world/) [Military](/vault/subject/military/) [Terrorism](/vault/subject/terrorism/) [Europe](/vault/subject/europe/) [Browse issue pages](/vault/issue/1972-01-10/page/1/)[Buy This Cover](https://www.timecoverstore.com/) ## Table of Contents Others [AMERICAN NOTES: Oh, Rats](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,877552,00.html)[The Nation: Malaise and My Lai](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,877553,00.html)[The Nation: Tripping History](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,877554,00.html)[The Nation: Liberty Liberated](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,877555,00.html)[POLITICS: Off and Running for '72](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,877556,00.html)[The Nation: The President Entertains the Chancellor](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,877557,00.html)[The Nation: The New Technology](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,877558,00.html)[TRIALS: Congressman Convicted](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,877559,00.html)[SUPREME COURT: The Judges' Judge](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,877560,00.html)[THE WAR: The Men Who Cannot Come Home](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,877561,00.html)[INDOCHINA: Attacking with a Dynamic Defense](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,877566,00.html)[SOUTH ASIA: Painful Adjustment](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,877567,00.html)[The World: Bhutto: The Voice of Pakistan](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,877568,00.html)[MALTA: Deadline Dom](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,877569,00.html)[NORTHERN IRELAND / In the Shadow of the Gunmen](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,877570,00.html)[The World: A Portrait Gallery of Provisionals](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,877571,00.html)[NIGERIA: Recovery After Biafra](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,877572,00.html)[HONG KONG: Marco Polo's Mixer](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,877573,00.html)[Science: Toward Asymptopia](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,877578,00.html)[Science: The Philadelphia Story](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,877579,00.html)[Science: The Samovar That Landed on Mars](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,877580,00.html)[Science: Beating the Quarantine](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,877581,00.html)[Environment: Week's Watch](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,877596,00.html)[Environment: Saving the Slopes](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,877597,00.html)[Medicine: The Prescriptions of Chairman Mao](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,877595,00.html)[Behavior: Pigskin Sex](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,877582,00.html)[Behavior: Moonstruck Scientists](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,877583,00.html)[Modern Living: Life on De Witt](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,877606,00.html)[Modern Living: Holiday for Blacks](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,877607,00.html)[Modern Living: Back to the Button-Down](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,877608,00.html)[The Press: Magazines in Jeopardy](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,877575,00.html)[Religion: Homage to Iemanj](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,877576,00.html)[Religion: Mass Accord](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,877577,00.html)[Sport: The Biggest Kick](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,877589,00.html)[Sport: The Lakers Roll On](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,877590,00.html)[PREVIEW OF 1972: At Last, the Year of Real Recovery](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,877563,00.html)[The Economy: How the Experts Size Up This Year](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,877564,00.html)[THE BUDGET: The U.S. Is Running Out of Money](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,877565,00.html)[The Law: Delaying the Game](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,877591,00.html)[The Law: Miranda Extended](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,877592,00.html)[The Law: Speak, Voiceprint](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,877593,00.html)[The Law: Wayward Winners](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,877594,00.html)[Cinema: Pas de Deux](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,877584,00.html)[Cinema: D.O.A.](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,877585,00.html)[Cinema: Looney Tune](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,877586,00.html)[Cinema: Cicro](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,877587,00.html)[Cinema: Landscapes of the Mind](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,877588,00.html)[Music: Rebirth of Venus](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,877599,00.html)[Music: The Parasitic Profession](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,877600,00.html)[Books: Dementia Peacocks](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,877601,00.html)[Books: Soul: Straight Up, No Ice](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,877602,00.html)[Books: Bearing Witness](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,877603,00.html)[Books: Four Cavorters](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,877604,00.html)[Books: BEST SELLERS](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,877605,00.html)[Show Business: Reserved for the Stage](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,877609,00.html)[Milestones, Jan. 10, 1972](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,877598,00.html)[People, Jan. 10, 1972](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,877574,00.html)[A Letter From The Publisher, Jan. 10, 1972](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,877550,00.html)[Letters, Jan. 10, 1972](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,877551,00.html)[Time Essay: The Pros and Cons of Granting Amnesty](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,877562,00.html) January 10th, 1972 | Vol. 99, No. 2 | 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":"January 10th, 1972 | Vol. 99, No. 2 | U.S.","item":"https://time.com/magazine/us/3566634/january-10th-1972-vol-99-no-2-u-s/"}]}]} ```