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# October 19, 2015 | Vol. 186 No. 15October 19, 2015 |  

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October 19th, 2015 | Vol. 186, No. 15 | Asia, Europe, Middle East, and Africa, South Pacific

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October 19, 2015

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Europe, Middle East, and Africa, Asia, South Pacific

Related categories

[World Leaders](/vault/subject/world-leaders/)

[Foreign Relations](/vault/subject/foreign-relations/)

[Immigration](/vault/subject/immigration/)

[Europe](/vault/subject/europe/)

[Middle East](/vault/subject/middle-east/)

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## Table of Contents

BusinessEntertainmentIdeasPoliticsU.S.WorldOthers

### Business

[Business](/section/business/)

### The Great Ad-Blocker Battle

Our attention is just a pawn in the great game of Silicon Valley 

[Business](/section/business/)

### 6 Ways to Prepare for a (Much) Longer Retirement

How to make sure your money lasts

### Entertainment

[Entertainment](/section/entertainment/)

### Peter Pan’s Backstory Is a Mess of Moviesplaining

Reviewing Joe Wright’s <em>Pan</em>

[Entertainment](/section/entertainment/)

### _Steve Jobs_ Muddies Man and Myth

Reviewing the Michael Fassbender biopic

[Entertainment](/section/entertainment/)

### _Crimson Peak_ Arms the Damsel With a Knife

Mia Wasikowska stars in Guillermo del Toro’s new film 

[Entertainment](/section/entertainment/)

### _Victoria_ Is a Single Shot of Adrenaline

Reviewing Sebastian Schipper’s new film

[Entertainment](/section/entertainment/)

### Lives Come Undone in _The Clasp_

A new novel from Sloane Crosley

[Entertainment](/section/entertainment/)

### R.L. Stine Finally Has a Movie After 400 Million Books Sold

The <em>Goosebumps</em> author opens up about a new adaptation

### Ideas

[Ideas](/section/ideas/)

### George W. Bush: Better Health Care in Africa Must Go Beyond HIV

For the U.S., it’s a cause that advances our interests and our ideals 

[Ideas](/section/ideas/)

### Iran Could Be a Surprising American Ally as Chaos Grows in Syria

The Persians are no picnic, obviously, but they do play nicer than the Saudis in several ways

### Politics

[Politics](/section/politics/)

### GOP Rule Change Could Make the Presidential Race Messy

The fight between Republicans could continue into the spring 

### U.S.

[U.S.](/section/us/)

### The Way Ahead for Gun Control

A familiar tragedy calls for unfamiliar solutions 

### World

[World](/section/world/)

### Meet the Smugglers Bringing Migrants to Greece

Nearly 400,000 migrants have crossed from Turkey to Greece—and they didn’t do it alone

[World](/section/world/)

### Photographing the Exodus

From the wine-dark waters of the Aegean Sea to the back roads of the Balkans, documenting the dangerous passage

[World](/section/world/)

### The Smartphone Is the Refugee’s Best Friend

How migrants use mobiles to survive

[World](/section/world/)

### The Things Migrants Carry

What do you bring with you to begin life anew?

[World](/section/world/)

### Germans Open Their Homes to Refugees

The country is offering open arms to migrants

[World](/section/world/)

### Immigration Divides Europe

The migrant crisis tests the limits of E.U. cooperation

[World](/section/world/)

### How the Arab Spring and Civil Wars Led to Europe’s Refugee Crisis

Migrants have been plotting their escape 

[World](/section/world/)

### How Fetty Wap Became a Hip-Hop Sensation

[World](/section/world/)

### Anatomy of a Hillary Clinton Impression

[World](/section/world/)

### Reclaiming Conversation

[World](/section/world/)

### El Faro

U.S. cargo ship

[World](/section/world/)

### The War on Plastic Bags

[World](/section/world/)

### A Modern Exodus

### Others

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