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# December 28, 2015 | Vol. 186 No. 27 December 28, 2015 |  

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## Table of Contents

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### Business

[Business](/section/business/)

### Meet Silicon Valley's Global Rivals

Startups around the world are coming after services pioneered in the U.S. Here are the names you’ll hear in 2016

[Business](/section/business/)

### Satya Nadella Is Making Microsoft Cool. No, Seriously

2016 according to the CEO of the newly hot giant

[Business](/section/business/)

### A Financial Forecast for 2016

The world's big economies are diverging

[Business](/section/business/)

### How Older Workers Prepare for Their Second Act

Some interns have a bit more gray in their hair

### Entertainment

[Entertainment](/section/entertainment/)

### In the Latest Issue (21 Dec 2015)

[Entertainment](/section/entertainment/)

### Review: _The Force Awakens_ Is Everything You Could Hope for in a _Star Wars_ Movie—and Less

While there are elements that feel special and fresh, mostly <i>The Force Awakens</i> strives to please instead of surprise.

[Entertainment](/section/entertainment/)

### The Year Ahead in Culture

### Health

[Health](/section/health/)

### Here Are Your New Food Rules

A simpler, more sane way to eat is here

### Ideas

[Ideas](/section/ideas/)

### Givenchy's Riccardo Tisci on the Red Carpet, Instagram and the American Dream

How the Pied Piper of rebel chic keeps the house of Givenchy trending

### Politics

[Politics](/section/politics/)

### The Young Gun Gets the Gavel

Paul Ryan's big plans to fix the House and the GOP

### Science

[Science](/section/science/)

### The Year Ahead in Invention

[Science](/section/science/)

### 7 Questions with Jennifer Doudna

She co-developed a game-changing technique that allows scientists to edit any human gene. Now the field just needs to agree on when it's O.K. to use it

### Sports

[Sports](/section/sports/)

### Road to the Olympics

[Sports](/section/sports/)

### 8 Questions With Dave Roberts

The rookie manager and ex-Dodger takes over baseball's most intriguing team

[Sports](/section/sports/)

### Stephen Curry and the Greatest Show on Earth

Why it’s only going to get better

[Sports](/section/sports/)

### The Year Ahead in Sports

2016 will be a big year on the playing field

### U.S.

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

### Homeland Security, ISIS and the Fight Against Fear

Jeh Johnson sees the war on terror come home

### World

[World](/section/world/)

### The Absence of Global Leadership Will Shape a Tumultuous 2016

What to expect in the year ahead

[World](/section/world/)

### Christine Lagarde and David Lipton on Global Finance in 2016

The refugee flow won’t stop in 2016—unless the world gets serious about fixing fragile states

[World](/section/world/)

### David Miliband on Human Rights in 2016

The refugee flow won’t stop in 2016—unless the world gets serious about fixing fragile states

[World](/section/world/)

### Verbatim (21 Dec 2015)

[World](/section/world/)

### Degrees of Global Warming

The Paris Agreement, struck by nearly 200 countries on Dec. 12, aims to limit global warming. But just how much warmer it will get depends on how deeply countries cut carbon emissions.

[World](/section/world/)

### Keep These 6 Common New Year's Resolutions

Don't be afraid to ask for help while goal-setting in 2016\. Keeping promises can be tricky, whether it's organizing your life or getting into shape, so we rounded up gear from Amazon to help you stick to six oft-abandoned resolutions.

[World](/section/world/)

### For the Family That Plays Together

This season's fondest memories are likely to be made at home, where the heart is--and where the fun is, thanks to a host of new games and accessories, both high-tech and old-school, from Amazon.

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