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Politics, world news, photos, video, tech reviews, health, science, and entertainment news. title: March 27th, 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 27, 1972 | Vol. 99 No. 12March 27, 1972 | Vol. 99 No. 12  Issue name March 27th, 1972 | Vol. 99, No. 12 | U.S. Issue date March 27, 1972 Location U.S. Related categories [Government](/vault/subject/government/) [U.S. Government](/vault/subject/u-s-government/) [Browse issue pages](/vault/issue/1972-03-27/page/1/)[Buy This Cover](https://www.timecoverstore.com/) ## Table of Contents Others [AMERICAN NOTES: In Defense of Technology](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,910255,00.html)[The Nation: Writing Block](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,910256,00.html)[The Nation: The Missing Mail Car](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,910257,00.html)[The Nation: Taking Over Alaska?](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,910258,00.html)[THE PRESIDENCY: Retreat from Integration](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,910259,00.html)[POLITICS: A Jarring Message from George](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,910260,00.html)[The Nation: A TIME Election Survey: The Lessons of Florida](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,910261,00.html)[The Nation: Muskie: The Democrats7 New Underdog](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,910262,00.html)[THE ADMINISTRATION: The Thickening ITT Imbroglio](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,910263,00.html)[The Nation: The President's Lawyer](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,910264,00.html)[The Nation: Wiretapping Wipe-Out](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,910265,00.html)[ECCENTRICS: Howard Lives](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,910266,00.html)[RACES: Frail Black Consensus](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,910267,00.html)[FOREIGN RELATIONS: Double Czech](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,910268,00.html)[MIDDLE EAST: A Bold New Plan for Peace](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,910272,00.html)[DIPLOMACY: Contact in Paris](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,910273,00.html)[COMMON MARKET: Pompidou's Grenade](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,910274,00.html)[BRITAIN: The Henpecked Spy](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,910275,00.html)[NORTHERN IRELAND: Total War](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,910276,00.html)[INDIA: Indira's Coronation](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,910277,00.html)[The World: Sato of Japan: At the Pre-Kissinger Stage](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,910279,00.html)[ITALY: Disconcerting Failure](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,910280,00.html)[Science: Batavia's Big Beam](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,910282,00.html)[Science: When Gum Glowed](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,910283,00.html)[Science: Clocking Einstein](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,910284,00.html)[Environment: Free Abortions for All?](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,910285,00.html)[Environment: Grim Days for El Paso](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,910286,00.html)[Environment: Three for the Animals](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,910287,00.html)[Modern Living: The Body Girdle](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,910293,00.html)[Modern Living: The Best Defense](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,910294,00.html)[Sport: Vida's Blues](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,910310,00.html)[Sport: Anyone for Aqraorak?](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,910311,00.html)[PAPUA NEW GUINEA: Toward Independence](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,910278,00.html)[THE DOLLAR: At Last, A Hint of Reform](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,910269,00.html)[PHASED: The Buck Stopped There](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,910270,00.html)[TRADE: The Cost of Quotas](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,910271,00.html)[CORPORATIONS: The Clubby World of ITT](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,910295,00.html)[NEW PRODUCTS: Littlest Black Box](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,910296,00.html)[STOCK MARKET: Pointing for a Record](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,910297,00.html)[OIL: Nationalization in Part](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,910298,00.html)[TRANSPORTATION: Away from Highways](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,910299,00.html)[FOOD: Henocide](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,910300,00.html)[Education: At College in Red China](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,910289,00.html)[Education: Crackdown on Fakes](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,910290,00.html)[Art: Images of Paradise](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,910288,00.html)[The Theater: Sudsy Whiff of Humanity](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,910291,00.html)[The Theater: Triple Trouble](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,910292,00.html)[Music: Queenly Charisma](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,910301,00.html)[Music: Resolving the Catch](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,910302,00.html)[Music: Pick of the New IPs](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,910303,00.html)[Books: Dream Ghoul](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,910304,00.html)[Books: Eve of Empire](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,910305,00.html)[Books: Mountain Ways, Plain](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,910306,00.html)[Books: Baba Wa Taifa](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,910307,00.html)[Books: The Colonel's Lady](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,910308,00.html)[Cinema: Truth and Consequences](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,910312,00.html)[Milestones, Mar. 27, 1972](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,910309,00.html)[People, Mar. 27, 1972](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,910281,00.html)[A Letter From The Publisher, Mar. 27, 1972](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,910253,00.html)[Letters, Mar. 27, 1972](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,910254,00.html) March 27th, 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 27th, 1972 | Vol. 99, No. 12 | U.S.","item":"https://time.com/magazine/us/3566658/march-27th-1972-vol-99-no-12-u-s/"}]}]} ```