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# March 13, 1972 | Vol. 99 No. 11 March 13, 1972 |  

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Issue name

March 13th, 1972 | Vol. 99, No. 11 | U.S.

Issue date

March 13, 1972

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U.S.

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## Table of Contents

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[AMERICAN NOTES: Chinoiserie](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,903325,00.html)[The Nation: Unnatural Disaster](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,903326,00.html)[The Nation: Old Folks' Liberation](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,903327,00.html)[The Nation: Numbered for Life](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,903328,00.html)[The Nation: Bum Steer](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,903329,00.html)[THE PRESIDENCY: Descent from the Summit](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,903330,00.html)[THE ADMINISTRATION: The ITT Affair](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,903331,00.html)[POLITICS: Campaign Teardrops](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,903332,00.html)[RACES: Busing Battle (Contd.)](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,903333,00.html)[The Nation: The View from the Bus](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,903334,00.html)[WEST VIRGINIA: Disaster in the Hollow](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,903335,00.html)[TRIALS: Minister With Portfolio](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,903336,00.html)[CHINA: Cheers in Peking,Trauma in Taiwan](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,903337,00.html)[The World: Nanking: Communist Cathedral](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,903338,00.html)[JAPAN: The Karuizawa Five](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,903339,00.html)[PAKISTAN: Mounting Troubles](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,903340,00.html)[MIDDLE EAST: Almond-Blossom Battles](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,903341,00.html)[CYPRUS: Mysterious Ways](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,903342,00.html)[FRANCE: Another Connection](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,903343,00.html)[SUDAN: A Victory for Humanity](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,903344,00.html)[INTERNATIONAL NOTES: Flouting the Charter](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,903345,00.html)[The World: Trial Balloon](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,903346,00.html)[The World: The Macedonian Fuse](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,903347,00.html)[The World: Moscow and Jerusalem](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,903348,00.html)[The World: The Black Australians](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,903349,00.html)[Environment: Test on Taconite](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,903351,00.html)[Environment: An Identity Thing](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,903352,00.html)[Medicine: Specialty for Losers](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,903380,00.html)[Medicine: A Question of Ethics](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,903381,00.html)[Behavior: To Santa Claus and Little Sisters](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,903353,00.html)[Behavior: The Violent Veterans](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,903354,00.html)[Behavior: Poetry Therapy](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,903355,00.html)[Religion: Raising the Devil](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,903361,00.html)[Religion: Evolution in Spain](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,903362,00.html)[Sport: The Army Racquet](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,903356,00.html)[MONEY: Empty Pockets on a Trillion Dollars a Year](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,903368,00.html)[The Economy: Squeeze on a Small Town](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,903369,00.html)[The Economy: How the Swedes Do It](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,903370,00.html)[Education: Defining Terms](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,903366,00.html)[Education: The Moonlighter](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,903367,00.html)[The Law: Spoils of War](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,903357,00.html)[The Law: Abortion and Privacy](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,903358,00.html)[The Law: The Agitator](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,903359,00.html)[Show Business: The Making of The Godfather](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,903363,00.html)[Show Business: Behind the Mystique of the Mafia](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,903364,00.html)[Art: Three Bold Newcomers](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,903365,00.html)[Cinema: The Tarn and the Screw](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,903372,00.html)[Cinema: Uphill Racer](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,903373,00.html)[Cinema: Heart Failure](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,903374,00.html)[Books: Skin Game](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,903375,00.html)[Books: Dear Reinie](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,903376,00.html)[Books: Back to Macondo](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,903377,00.html)[Books: Home Stand](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,903378,00.html)[FICTION: Best Sellers](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,903379,00.html)[Milestones, Mar. 13, 1972](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,903371,00.html)[People, Mar. 13, 1972](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,903350,00.html)[A Letter From The Publisher, Mar. 13, 1972](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,903323,00.html)[Letters, Mar. 13, 1972](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,903324,00.html)[Time Essay: The New Cult of Madness: Thinking As a Bad Habit](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,903360,00.html)


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