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# August 21, 2017 | Vol. 190 No. 7 August 21, 2017 |  

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Vol. 190 No. 7

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Issue name

August 21st, 2017 | Vol. 190, No. 7 | U.S.

Issue date

August 21, 2017

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U.S.

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[Politics](/vault/subject/politics/)

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## Table of Contents

EntertainmentHealthIdeasPoliticsScienceSportsU.S.World

### Entertainment

[Entertainment](/section/entertainment/)

### Glen Campbell

Country with a hidden edge

[Entertainment](/section/entertainment/)

### Elvis In the Heart of America

What the rise, fall and rebirth of an icon tells us about who we were--and who we are now, 40 years after his death

[Entertainment](/section/entertainment/)

### Aubrey Plaza's Status Update

[Entertainment](/section/entertainment/)

### _Whose Streets?_ Is a Ragged, Bracing Protest Document

[Entertainment](/section/entertainment/)

### John Cho

[Entertainment](/section/entertainment/)

### Pattinson Packs a Punch In _Good Time_

[Entertainment](/section/entertainment/)

### A Family Story With a Son on the Spectrum

[Entertainment](/section/entertainment/)

### Musical Theater and Misanthropy

[Entertainment](/section/entertainment/)

### Everyday People, Extraordinary Books

### Health

[Health](/section/health/)

### Cancer's Newest Miracle Cure

It combines the power of genetics and the immune system, and it's saving lives

### Ideas

[Ideas](/section/ideas/)

### Anytime but Now: The Perils of Fighting Last Year's Wars and Pining for Yesterday's Heroes

'It's as if we're all being held hostage by the 2016 election'

### Politics

[Politics](/section/politics/)

### Why General John Kelly Is Trump’s Last Hope

Why a four-star Marine general signed up to save the foundering Trump Presidency

### Science

[Science](/section/science/)

### The True Meaning of the Great American Eclipse

It's a gift to our divided nation 

### Sports

[Sports](/section/sports/)

### Usain Bolt

A singular sprinter

### U.S.

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

### Dealt a Weak Hand, Rex Tillerson Is Still In the Game at State

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

### What's In a (Brand) Name?

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

### A Small-Scale Power Solution Could Pay Big Dividends Across the U.S.

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

### 8 Questions with Jeff Flake, Republican Senator from Arizona

### World

[World](/section/world/)

### A War of Fiery Words, for Now, Between North Korea and the U.S.

[World](/section/world/)

### Should Mercenaries Take Over In Afghanistan?

[World](/section/world/)

### Birdbrain Is a Misnomer: New Studies Show Birds' Remarkable Cognitive Skills

[World](/section/world/)

### For the Record (10 Aug 2017)

[World](/section/world/)

### What You Said About ... (10 Aug 2017)

[World](/section/world/)

### Milestones (10 Aug 2017)

[World](/section/world/)

### Pop Chart (10 Aug 2017)


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