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# November 9, 2015 | Vol. 186 No. 19 November 9, 2015 |  

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November 9th, 2015 | Vol. 186, No. 19 | U.S.

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## Table of Contents

BusinessEntertainmentHealthIdeasPoliticsU.S.WorldOthers

### Business

[Business](/section/business/)

### Halo 5 Is (a Lot) More of the Same

Reviewing the new game

[Business](/section/business/)

### How E-Mail Killer Slack Will Change the Future of Work

Slack’s slick messaging software has convinced companies of all sizes they can move past the inbox. But is what comes next better—or worse?

### Entertainment

[Entertainment](/section/entertainment/)

### A Survey Shows How Frank Stella Knocked Abstraction Flat, Then Sent It Flying

### Health

[Health](/section/health/)

### Red Meat, Hot Dogs and the War on Delicious

A new report linking meat with cancer raises questions about America's--and the world's--eating habits

[Health](/section/health/)

### In the Latest Issue (29 Oct 2015)

### Ideas

[Ideas](/section/ideas/)

### I Invent The Holiday You’ve Always Missed

Without knowing you were missing it 

[Ideas](/section/ideas/)

### Sen. Lamar Alexander: Obama Should 'Stop and Think' On Over-Testing Problem

Teachers know better than Washington how to assess their students’ progress

### Politics

[Politics](/section/politics/)

### A GOP Identity Crisis Eases the Path for Hillary Clinton

But she will need a backbone

### U.S.

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

### Is the Ferguson Effect For Real?

President Obama and the FBI director square off 

### World

[World](/section/world/)

### The E.U. Is Challenged from Within

The real contest will be in Europe’s three biggest countries: the U.K., France and Germany

[World](/section/world/)

### Pop Chart (29 Oct 2015)

[World](/section/world/)

### The Cardboard Car

At a recent design show, Lexus debuted a working version of its IS sedan made almost entirely of cardboard. Here's how it came about.

[World](/section/world/)

### Verbatim (29 Oct 2015)

[World](/section/world/)

### Clowns Turned Politicians

Satirist Jimmy Morales was elected President of Guatemala on Oct. 25 on an anticorruption platform, despite having no experience in politics. He's far from the first joker to actually get ahead in government.

[World](/section/world/)

### The Past Comes Back to Haunt Us in _The Witches_

Reviewing Stacy Schiff’s new book on Salem in 1692

[World](/section/world/)

### Milestones (29 Oct 2015)

[World](/section/world/)

### What You Said About ... (29 Oct 2015)

[World](/section/world/)

### A Resurgent Russia Is Active In Syria and Beyond

How the U.S. is reacting

[World](/section/world/)

### The House of the Spirits--Evil Ones

Reviewing the <em>Cloud Atlas</em> author’s new book

[World](/section/world/)

### How the Government Created Your Cell Phone

[World](/section/world/)

### Review: A Colorful Journey to _Brooklyn_

Saoirse Ronan stars in the new film

[World](/section/world/)

### Paul Ryan's New Republican Playbook

What he’ll have to do next

[World](/section/world/)

### Drone Delivery

### Others

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[The 30 Most Influential Teens of 2015](/4081618/most-influential-teens-2015/)

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[The Business of Bringing Luxury to the Masses](/4092368//)


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