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# September 25, 2017 | Vol. 190 No. 12September 25, 2017 |  

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Vol. 190 No. 12

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Issue name

September 25th, 2017 | Vol. 190, No. 12 | U.S.

Issue date

September 25, 2017

Location

U.S.

Related categories

[Government](/vault/subject/government/)

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

[Science](/vault/subject/science/)

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## Table of Contents

BusinessIdeasPoliticsU.S.WorldOthers

### Business

[Business](/section/business/)

### Equifax and the Perils of Password Protection

### Ideas

[Ideas](/section/ideas/)

### Why Marriage Is Harder Than Ever-and Maybe Better Too

[Ideas](/section/ideas/)

### The Naughty Nineties Set the Stage for Our Reality-TV Presidency

[Ideas](/section/ideas/)

### When the Military Does Battle With Nature

[Ideas](/section/ideas/)

### Ken Burns Takes on the Vietnam War

Ken Burns takes on the cataclysm of Vietnam

[Ideas](/section/ideas/)

### My Father's Vietnam

The casualties of a lost war didn't end with the fighting

[Ideas](/section/ideas/)

### Fall's Heavy Hitters

[Ideas](/section/ideas/)

### Celebrities: They’re Just Like Writers!

These names will appear on your reading list this fall

[Ideas](/section/ideas/)

### Celebrate Fall With These 6 Cookbooks

Indulge in recipes like sourdough bread and pumpkin gnocchi

[Ideas](/section/ideas/)

### Hillary Clinton Writes the First Draft of Her History

### Politics

[Politics](/section/politics/)

### Why Stephen Bannon Doesn't Scare Washington Anymore

### U.S.

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

### The Angels of Irma

A lot of smart people did a lot of things right to prevent a historic hurricane from doing historic damage

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

### Her Time

The unparalleled career of TIME editor-in-chief Nancy Gibbs

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

### 'Plus Size' Goes Out of Fashion

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

### Edith Windsor

LGBT icon

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

### Kate Millett

'High priestess' of women's liberation

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

### Stock-Market Highs Pose Vexing Questions for the Soon-to-Be Retired

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

### How the Kindness of Strangers Is Helping Hurricane Victims Rebuild Their Lives

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

### Sally Quinn

### World

[World](/section/world/)

### Back to the Wild

[World](/section/world/)

### The Referendum Vote That Could Fracture Iraq

[World](/section/world/)

### The Saga of Kenya's Disputed Election Is a Good-News Story

[World](/section/world/)

### Milestones (14 Sep 2017)

[World](/section/world/)

### For the Record (14 Sep 2017)

[World](/section/world/)

### This Just In (14 Sep 2017)

### Others

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