--- --- Back to the vault # September 29, 2014 | Vol. 184 No. 12September 29, 2014 | Vol. 184 No. 12  Issue name September 29th, 2014 | Vol. 184, No. 12 | Asia, Europe, Middle East, and Africa, South Pacific Issue date September 29, 2014 Location Europe, Middle East, and Africa, Asia, South Pacific [Buy This Cover](https://www.timecoverstore.com/) ## Table of Contents BusinessEntertainmentHealthScienceU.S.WorldOthers ### Business [Business](/section/business/) ### The Triumph of Index Funds CalPERS’ move is a vote for passive investing ### Entertainment [Entertainment](/section/entertainment/) ### U2’s Mission to Save Music Will giving away their new album help persuade consumers to value music again? [Entertainment](/section/entertainment/) ### 10 Questions With Ian McEwan The author on wandering spouses, long lost brothers and that other Ian [Entertainment](/section/entertainment/) ### Tina Fey's Family Drama "This is Where I Leave You" is the kind of bet Hollywood doesn't like to make anymore [Entertainment](/section/entertainment/) ### Dark Clouds [Entertainment](/section/entertainment/) ### Silence of the Liams The stalwart Neeson stalks psychos in a grim, sadistic thriller ### Health [Health](/section/health/) ### How Much Salt Is Safe? Warnings abound that we're overloading on salt, but earlier in September a study found that sodium wasn't significantly linked to high blood pressure in people who were not hypertensive. How to make sense of it all? Start here. ### Science [Science](/section/science/) ### The Case for Staying Connected We don't need to ditch the grid. We need to fix the power business ### U.S. [U.S.](/section/us/) ### John Kerry's Wary Coalition Will the U.S.’s shaky group of partners hold against ISIS? [U.S.](/section/us/) ### The Tragic Risks of American Football Sixteen-year-old Chad Stover died playing a game after suffering a traumatic brain injury. Is the game worth it? ### World [World](/section/world/) ### Cutting the Red Tape New Indian leader Narendra Modi has pledged to get the country back on the path of growth by launching economic reforms—but he faces entrenched opposition. Will Modi succeed? [World](/section/world/) ### It’s Time to End the Drug War A major new report makes the case for decriminalizing illicit drugs—all of them [World](/section/world/) ### World (18 Sep 2014) [World](/section/world/) ### War to Peace An American veteran returns to Vietnam to help make it safer for his former enemy [World](/section/world/) ### Francois Hollande Fights Personal Scandal France's leader tries to contain political fallout after release of former partner's book [World](/section/world/) ### Milestones (18 Sep 2014) [World](/section/world/) ### Pop Chart (18 Sep 2014) ### Others [10 Things Teens Really Need to Know Before They Leave HomeThese won’t get teens into college, but will make them better people](/3397078/common-core-requirements-for-teens/) September 29th, 2014 | Vol. 184, No. 12 | Asia, Europe, Middle East, and Africa, South Pacific ```json {"@context":"https://schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":210,"height":60},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https://time.com/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"September 29th, 2014 | Vol. 184, No. 12 | Asia, Europe, Middle East, and Africa, South Pacific","item":"https://time.com/magazine/south-pacific/3397828/september-29th-2014-vol-184-no-12-asia-europe-middle-east-and-africa-south-pacific/"}]}]} ```