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Politics, world news, photos, video, tech reviews, health, science, and entertainment news. title: January 31st, 1972 | Vol. 99, No. 5 | U.S. image: https://gcp-na-images.contentstack.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- Back to the vault # January 31, 1972 | Vol. 99 No. 5January 31, 1972 | Vol. 99 No. 5  Issue name January 31st, 1972 | Vol. 99, No. 5 | U.S. Issue date January 31, 1972 Location U.S. [Browse issue pages](/vault/issue/1972-01-31/page/1/)[Buy This Cover](https://www.timecoverstore.com/) ## Table of Contents Others [AMERICAN NOTES: Reversing the Gap](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,878456,00.html)[The Nation: Fly Me--If You're Clean](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,878457,00.html)[The Nation: What Price Virtue?](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,878458,00.html)[THE PRESIDENCY: The Politics of a Nonpolitical Speech](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,878459,00.html)[POLITICS: G.O.P. Reach to Youth](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,878460,00.html)[ECCENTRICS: The Hughes Mystery Deepens](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,878461,00.html)[WOMEN: Tradition Aweigh](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,878462,00.html)[FOREIGN RELATIONS: Two on the Seesaw](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,878463,00.html)[THE WAR: Waiting for Another Tet](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,878468,00.html)[COMMON MARKET: Road to Brussels](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,878469,00.html)[EGYPT: Fog over Suez](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,878470,00.html)[RHODESIA: Rampage of Protest](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,878471,00.html)[GHANA: A Week-Old Baby](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,878472,00.html)[SOVIET UNION: Reaching for Supremacy at Sea](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,878473,00.html)[The World: Soviet Guided-Missile Cruiser-Kresta II class](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,878474,00.html)[The World: The Sailor's Life](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,878475,00.html)[ITALY: Dante's Ordeal](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,878476,00.html)[NORTHERN IRELAND: No More Parades](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,878477,00.html)[Environment: Cheerful Sabotage](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,878489,00.html)[Environment: Man's Best Friend?](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,878490,00.html)[Environment: Costs of an Oil Spill](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,878491,00.html)[Medicine: The First Patient](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,878487,00.html)[Medicine: Speed and Strokes](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,878488,00.html)[Modern Living: Tie Power](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,878480,00.html)[Modern Living: Inhabiting Habitat](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,878481,00.html)[Behavior: Who Gets the Children?](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,878496,00.html)[Behavior: Vasectomy: Pro and Con](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,878497,00.html)[The Press: King of the Epithet](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,878482,00.html)[Sport: Super Slaughter](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,878486,00.html)[THE BUDGET: Nixon's Surge of Election-Year Spending](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,878465,00.html)[BALANCE OF PAYMENTS: And $31 Billion Down](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,878466,00.html)[PHASE II: Progress in Prices](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,878467,00.html)[AIRLINES: Takeoff to Recovery](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,878498,00.html)[Business: Anybody Want a 747?](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,878499,00.html)[OIL: New Reserves of Green](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,878500,00.html)[BANKING: The Biggest Rescue](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,878501,00.html)[Business: Ambushing Wells Fargo](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,878502,00.html)[FRANCE: From Concubine to Bride](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,878503,00.html)[INEFFICIENCY: Buchwald's Law](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,878504,00.html)[Music: Simon Says](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,878479,00.html)[Cinema: Historical Stuffing](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,878483,00.html)[Cinema: Time Machine](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,878484,00.html)[Cinema: Growing Up Absurd](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,878485,00.html)[Art: The Realist as Corn God](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,878493,00.html)[When You're Hot, You're Hot](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,878494,00.html)[Television: Archie Bunker Looks at Flip](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,878495,00.html)[Books: The Black Prince](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,878505,00.html)[Books: Man Eat Man](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,878506,00.html)[Books: Willie and Joe](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,878507,00.html)[Best Sellers: Peter and the Wasp](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,878508,00.html)[The Theater: Star-Crossed Haters](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,878509,00.html)[FICTION: Best Sellers, Jan. 31, 1972](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,878510,00.html)[King of the C](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,1738550,00.html)[Milestones, Jan. 31, 1972](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,878492,00.html)[People, Jan. 31, 1972](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,878478,00.html)[A Letter From The Publisher, Jan. 31, 1972](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,878454,00.html)[Letters, Jan. 31, 1972](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,878455,00.html)[Time Essay: Toward a Better Presidential Campaign](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,878464,00.html) January 31st, 1972 | Vol. 99, No. 5 | 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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