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# March 21, 2016 | Vol. 187 No. 10 March 21, 2016 |  

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Vol. 187 No. 10

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Issue name

March 21st, 2016 | Vol. 187, No. 10 | Asia, Europe, Middle East, and Africa, South Pacific

Issue date

March 21, 2016

Location

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

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[World](/vault/subject/world/)

[Africa](/vault/subject/africa/)

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## Table of Contents

BusinessEntertainmentIdeasPoliticsU.S.WorldOthers

### Business

[Business](/section/business/)

### Why (Officially) Communist China Is Looking for Answers in Reaganomics

### Entertainment

[Entertainment](/section/entertainment/)

### In _City of Gold_, One Writer’s Quest to Eat, Play, Love

The documentary follows L.A. food critic Jonathan Gold

[Entertainment](/section/entertainment/)

### Review: Family Secrets Abound in ABC’s _Real O’Neals_

Martha Plimpton leads a chaotic clan

[Entertainment](/section/entertainment/)

### The Return of Perennial Man-Child Pee-wee Herman

Paul Reubens returns, this time on Netflix

[Entertainment](/section/entertainment/)

### In a Nation of _Single Ladies_, First Comes Love, Then Comes Whatever You Want

Reviewing Rebecca Traister’s new book

[Entertainment](/section/entertainment/)

### 8 Questions With Sally Field

The Oscar-winning star of <em>Hello, My Name Is Doris</em>, an indie comedy about May-December love, discusses her career, her ballot and Hollywood’s big issue

[Entertainment](/section/entertainment/)

### Review: ‘Daredevil’ Bedeviled by Darkness

The second season compounds the failures of the first

[Entertainment](/section/entertainment/)

### How Our Nostalgia Obsession Is Killing TV

Too many producers are opting to reboot old hits

[Entertainment](/section/entertainment/)

### Review: Nonsequel _10 Cloverfield Lane_ Is Better Than the Original

The film builds buzz with a thrilling score

[Entertainment](/section/entertainment/)

### Quick Talk With Eugene Levy

The actor discusses the second season of <em>Schitt’s Creek</em>

### Ideas

[Ideas](/section/ideas/)

### Me and My Fitness Tracker: Can a relationship this brutally honest last?

How can this brutally honest marriage last?

### Politics

[Politics](/section/politics/)

### Remembering Nancy Reagan: The End of a White House Love Story

"Nancy came along and saved my soul"

[Politics](/section/politics/)

### Why Would Democrats Vote for Trump? It’s All About Trade

The unionized heartland is focused on jobs

### U.S.

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

### Greed, Politics and the Biggest Oil Boom in Decades

In 2007, Oklahoma had one earthquake. Last year, there were more than 900\. What happened?

### World

[World](/section/world/)

### The Secret War Crime

The most shameful consequence of conflict comes out into the open

[World](/section/world/)

### Hong Kong’s Newest Conflict with China Is Over Independence

[World](/section/world/)

### How China Is Getting In the Way of Its Own Economy

[World](/section/world/)

### The Big Names In Brazil's Corruption Scandal

[World](/section/world/)

### Turkey's Erdogan Feels the Pressure

[World](/section/world/)

### The Math Myth

[World](/section/world/)

### What You Said About ... (10 Mar 2016)

[World](/section/world/)

### Pop Chart (10 Mar 2016)

[World](/section/world/)

### Milestones (10 Mar 2016)

[World](/section/world/)

### Verbatim (10 Mar 2016)

### Others

### 

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