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Politics, world news, photos, video, tech reviews, health, science, and entertainment news. title: March 20th, 1972 | Vol. 99, No. 12 | U.S. image: https://gcp-na-images.contentstack.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- Back to the vault # March 20, 1972 | Vol. 99 No. 12March 20, 1972 | Vol. 99 No. 12  Issue name March 20th, 1972 | Vol. 99, No. 12 | U.S. Issue date March 20, 1972 Location U.S. Related categories [Society](/vault/subject/society/) [Gender](/vault/subject/gender/) [Browse issue pages](/vault/issue/1972-03-20/page/1/)[Buy This Cover](https://www.timecoverstore.com/) ## Table of Contents Others [AMERICAN NOTES: Thinning the Veil](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,942491,00.html)[The Nation: V.C., R.I.P.](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,942492,00.html)[The Nation: Death of the Middleman](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,942493,00.html)[THE ADMINISTRATION: Slugging It out over the ITT Affair](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,942494,00.html)[The Nation: Flanigan's Shenanigans](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,942495,00.html)[POLITICS: From New Hampshire To Florida](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,942496,00.html)[The Nation: The Poll of Polls](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,942497,00.html)[CRIME: The Law and the Irvings](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,942498,00.html)[CRIME: Holding Up an Industry](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,942499,00.html)[Where She Is and Where She's Going](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,942510,00.html)[The Nation: A GALLERY OF AMERICAN WOMEN](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,942511,00.html)[The Nation: Women's Liberation Revisited](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,942512,00.html)[The Nation: The New Feminism on Main Street](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,942513,00.html)[POLITICS: Toward Female Power at the Polls](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,942514,00.html)[The Nation: Madam President](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,942515,00.html)[EAST-WEST: The Sudden Danger to Detente in Europe](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,942500,00.html)[ITALY: Symptoms of Malaise](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,942501,00.html)[FRANCE: L'Aftaire Nogrette](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,942502,00.html)[PAKISTAN: Prudent Retreat](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,942503,00.html)[CAMBODIA: Sihanouk Speaks](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,942504,00.html)[The World: Closing Time](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,942505,00.html)[INTERNATIONAL NOTES: Lon Nol's High Hand](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,942506,00.html)[The World: Heroic Exploits](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,942507,00.html)[The World: Lin on the Boards?](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,942508,00.html)[Science: The Stargazer](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,942517,00.html)[Science: Situation Report](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,942518,00.html)[Medicine: Patients' Prejudice](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,942547,00.html)[Medicine: Situation Report](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,942549,00.html)[Behavior: Male & Female: Differences Between Them](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,942519,00.html)[Behavior: Sex and Success](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,942520,00.html)[Behavior: Situation Report](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,942521,00.html)[Behavior: Sex and Change](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,942522,00.html)[Modern Living: While Mothers Work](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,942526,00.html)[Modern Living: Ah, Sweet Ms-ery](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,942527,00.html)[Modern Living: New Marriage Styles](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,942528,00.html)[Modern Living: Meatloaf Gambit](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,942529,00.html)[The Press: Flight from Fluff](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,942523,00.html)[The Press: Situation Report](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,942524,00.html)[The Press: Cupcake v. Sweet Tooth](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,942525,00.html)[Religion: Father God, Mother Eve](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,942530,00.html)[Religion: The New Nuns](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,942531,00.html)[Religion: Situation Report](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,942532,00.html)[Sport: Situation Report](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,942559,00.html)[Sport: Two Pros](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,942560,00.html)[JOBS: SLOW GAINS At WORK](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,942541,00.html)[Business: Situation Report](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,942542,00.html)[CORPORATIONS: The Levi Experiment](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,942543,00.html)[EXECUTIVES: Four Who Made It](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,942544,00.html)[THE OFFICE: Rebel Secretaries](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,942545,00.html)[CAREERS: The Re-Entry Problem](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,942546,00.html)[Business: Freeing the Prisoners](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,942548,00.html)[Education: Studying the Sisterhood](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,942550,00.html)[Education: Woman & Man at Yale](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,942551,00.html)[Education: Situation Report](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,942552,00.html)[The Law: Up from Coverture](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,942533,00.html)[The Law: Two in the Profession](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,942534,00.html)[The Law: Situation Report](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,942535,00.html)[Art: Myths of Sensibility](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,942537,00.html)[Art: Situation Report](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,942538,00.html)[Art: Bad-Dream House](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,942539,00.html)[The Theater: The Faces of Eve](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,942540,00.html)[Show Business: Behind the Lens](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,942553,00.html)[Show Business: The Code of Sudsville](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,942554,00.html)[Show Business: Situation Report](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,942555,00.html)[Books: An Irate Accent](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,942556,00.html)[Books: Lib and Let Lib](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,942557,00.html)[Books: Situation Report](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,942558,00.html)[The New Woman, 1972](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,942509,00.html)[Milestones, Mar. 20, 1972](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,942561,00.html)[People, Mar. 20, 1972](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,942516,00.html)[Letters, Mar. 20, 1972](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,942490,00.html)[Time Essay: How Women's Lib Looks to the Not-So-Mad Housewife](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,942536,00.html) March 20th, 1972 | Vol. 99, No. 12 | 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":"March 20th, 1972 | Vol. 99, No. 12 | U.S.","item":"https://time.com/magazine/us/3566656/march-20th-1972-vol-99-no-12-u-s/"}]}]} ```