--- description: Breaking news and analysis from time.com. Politics, world news, photos, video, tech reviews, health, science, and entertainment news. title: February 28th, 1972 | Vol. 99, No. 9 | U.S. image: https://gcp-na-images.contentstack.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- Back to the vault # February 28, 1972 | Vol. 99 No. 9February 28, 1972 | Vol. 99 No. 9  Issue name February 28th, 1972 | Vol. 99, No. 9 | U.S. Issue date February 28, 1972 Location U.S. Related categories [Arts](/vault/subject/arts/) [Theater](/vault/subject/theater/) [Browse issue pages](/vault/issue/1972-02-28/page/1/)[Buy This Cover](https://www.timecoverstore.com/) ## Table of Contents Others [AMERICAN NOTES: Life in California](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,905824,00.html)[The Nation: Fat Jap Trap](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,905825,00.html)[The Nation: Hughes v. Nixon](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,905826,00.html)[The Nation: Political Almanac](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,905827,00.html)[THE PRESIDENCY: Now, in Living Color from China](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,905828,00.html)[The Nation: The Supporting Cast in Peking](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,905829,00.html)[The Nation: The Busing Issue Boils Over](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,905830,00.html)[The Nation: Bumpy Road in Richmond](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,905831,00.html)[POLITICS: Bemused Voters in New Hampshire](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,905832,00.html)[The Nation: Also Running](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,905833,00.html)[THE ADMINISTRATION,ECCENTRICS: Kleindienst Steps Up](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,905834,00.html)[ECCENTRICS: The Great Hughes Airlift](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,905882,00.html)[BRITAIN: When the Lights Went Out](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,905837,00.html)[The World: Back to Them and Us](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,905838,00.html)[SOUTH VIET NAM: War of Nerves](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,905839,00.html)[CAMBODIA,BANGLADESH: Angkor Imperiled](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,905840,00.html)[CYPRUS: The Survivor](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,905841,00.html)[The World: Livening Up the Elys](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,905842,00.html)[COMMUNISTS: Rule of Skin](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,905843,00.html)[INTERNATIONAL NOTES: Intrigue in Bucharest](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,905844,00.html)[The World: Wounded Premier](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,905845,00.html)[The World: India's Conditions](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,905846,00.html)[The World: Mixing Oil and Politics](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,905847,00.html)[BANGLADESH: Bleak Future](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,905883,00.html)[Science: The Lost Atlantis](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,905860,00.html)[Science: Canceling the Tour](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,905861,00.html)[Medicine: Capsules, Feb. 28, 1972](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,905856,00.html)[Medicine: A Thymus for Maggie](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,905857,00.html)[Behavior: Snowmobile Psychology](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,905854,00.html)[Behavior: Pot and Alcohol: Some New Views](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,905855,00.html)[Modern Living: The Jog Strip](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,905863,00.html)[Modern Living: The News on T Shirts](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,905864,00.html)[A Rare Hamburger Headquarters](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,905865,00.html)[The Press: Mao's Columbus](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,905850,00.html)[The Press: Postage Due](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,905851,00.html)[Religion: Tidings](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,905858,00.html)[Religion: Josephus and Jesus](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,905859,00.html)[TAXES: The Simmering VAT](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,905835,00.html)[TRADE: Tilt Between Neighbors](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,905836,00.html)[REAL ESTATE: New American Land Rush](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,905867,00.html)[Business: Property Dos and Don'ts](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,905868,00.html)[TRANSPORTATION: Everybody's Truckin'](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,905869,00.html)[CIGARETTES: Puffs on a Par](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,905870,00.html)[EXECUTIVES: Ma's New Pa](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,905871,00.html)[AVIATION: A Wing and a Subsidy](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,905872,00.html)[TAXES: Lower Capital Gains](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,905873,00.html)[Education: Expensive Bargain](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,905852,00.html)[Education: The Milk Snatcher](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,905853,00.html)[Show Business: Liza--Fire, Air and a Touch of Anguish](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,905866,00.html)[Cinema: Diversionary Tactic](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,905874,00.html)[Cinema: Short Change](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,905875,00.html)[Books: The Difference](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,905876,00.html)[Books: Pyromanticism](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,905877,00.html)[Books: Supercop?](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,905878,00.html)[FICTION: Best Sellers](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,905879,00.html)[Music: Dotty Daughter](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,905880,00.html)[Music: Pop Goes the Bible](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,905881,00.html)[Milestones, Feb. 28, 1972](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,905862,00.html)[People, Feb. 28, 1972](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,905848,00.html)[A Letter From The Publisher, Feb. 28, 1972](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,905822,00.html)[Letters, Feb. 28, 1972](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,905823,00.html)[Time Essay: Punning: The Candidate at Word and Ploy](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,905849,00.html) February 28th, 1972 | Vol. 99, No. 9 | 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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