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# November 16, 2015 | Vol. 186 No. 20 November 16, 2015 |  

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November 16th, 2015 | Vol. 186, No. 20 | U.S.

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November 16, 2015

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## Table of Contents

BusinessEntertainmentHealthIdeasPoliticsWorldOthers

### Business

[Business](/section/business/)

### Can Apple Win the Battle for Control of Your Living Room?

Competition heats up in streaming television

[Business](/section/business/)

### ClassPass Takes a Netflix-Style Approach to Shaking Up Gym Memberships

ClassPass has invaded cities across America

### Entertainment

[Entertainment](/section/entertainment/)

### Michel Houellebecq’s _Submission_ Portrays a 21st Century French Revolution

The controversial novel by is now available in English

[Entertainment](/section/entertainment/)

### Charlie Brown’s New Look Feels Like Old Times in _The Peanuts Movie_

Snoopy is back—in 3-D

[Entertainment](/section/entertainment/)

### _Spotlight_ Gives a Chilling Peek Beneath Soiled White Collars

The new film goes inside the Boston Globe investigation of abuse in the Catholic Church

[Entertainment](/section/entertainment/)

### John le Carré: A Most Elusive Man

Reviewing his new biography by Adam Sisman

### Health

[Health](/section/health/)

### How to Breathe Better to Relieve Stress

New exercises can help keep you calm

### Ideas

[Ideas](/section/ideas/)

### 10 Questions With Shonda Rhimes

The president of Thursday night—<em>Grey’s Anatomy</em>, <em>Scandal</em>, <em>How to Get Away With Murder</em>—doesn’t believe in glass ceilings

### Politics

[Politics](/section/politics/)

### Bringing the Good Fight Home

The work has just begun for the next greatest generation of war vets

[Politics](/section/politics/)

### What the Legal Battle Over Trump University Reveals About Its Founder

Inside the litigation

[Politics](/section/politics/)

### How Jeb Bush's Trouble Began During His Dad's Presidency

The candidate is bedeviled by a party drawn to extremes

[Politics](/section/politics/)

### How Rubio Is Rising Like a 'GOP Obama'

While Jeb the joyful tortoise falls behind

### World

[World](/section/world/)

### Is Iran Finally Ready for Change?

What the country will look like in 2025

[World](/section/world/)

### In the Latest Issue (5 Nov 2015)

[World](/section/world/)

### Why Turkey Went Back to Erdogan

Inside the surprise election result

[World](/section/world/)

### The Damage of China’s One-Child Policy May Already Be Done

The country faces a major aging crisis

[World](/section/world/)

### Inside Iran After the Deal

[World](/section/world/)

### Why America Needs More Female Cops

[World](/section/world/)

### Peggy Noonan

The Wall Street Journal columnist and former speechwriter to Ronald Reagan talks 2016, the presidential psyche and her new book, The Time of Our Lives

[World](/section/world/)

### Cups That Trick Your Taste Buds

[World](/section/world/)

### Why the Winds Are Changing on Keystone

TransCanada, the company seeking to build the controversial Keystone XL pipeline linking Canada's tar sands and the Gulf of Mexico, asked the U.S. government Nov. 2 to suspend its permit application. Here's why the project is looking like a lost cause.

[World](/section/world/)

### Suspicious Minds

[World](/section/world/)

### Pop Chart (5 Nov 2015)

[World](/section/world/)

### Milestones (5 Nov 2015)

[World](/section/world/)

### Verbatim (5 Nov 2015)

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