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# November 17, 2014 | Vol. 184 No. 19 November 17, 2014 |  

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Vol. 184 No. 19

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Issue name

November 17th, 2014 | Vol. 184, No. 19 | Asia, Europe, Middle East, and Africa, South Pacific

Issue date

November 17, 2014

Location

Europe, Middle East, and Africa, Asia, South Pacific

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[World Leaders](/vault/subject/world-leaders/)

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## Table of Contents

BusinessEntertainmentIdeasScienceU.S.World

### Business

[Business](/section/business/)

### Cider’s Big Moment

Small-batch producers want to take on the beer establishment 

### Entertainment

[Entertainment](/section/entertainment/)

### Bob Hope and the Road to Utopia

How the comedian set the stage for Hollywood activism 

[Entertainment](/section/entertainment/)

### _The Theory of Everything_: A Grief History of Love

Eddie Redmayne and Felicity Jones soldier on in the Stephen Hawking biopic 

[Entertainment](/section/entertainment/)

### Review: All Good Things Must _End_

Röyksoopp’s new album will be the Norwegian duo’s last 

[Entertainment](/section/entertainment/)

### 10 Questions With John Cleese

The British jester on growing up funny and the sad things about being a comedian 

### Ideas

[Ideas](/section/ideas/)

### Is This Hillary Clinton’s Moment?

 To win in 2016, she will need to appear fresh, aggressive and optimistic 

[Ideas](/section/ideas/)

### Kid Swap

Ever wish you had different parents? Well, they might wonder about you too 

### Science

[Science](/section/science/)

### Hitching a Ride With Comets

The European Space Agency’s new mission may reveal secrets of the solar system 

### U.S.

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

### How Mitch McConnell Won the Day

The GOP takes a victory lap 

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

### Revenge of the Dollar

Reports of the demise of the world’s most popular reserve currency were greatly exaggerated 

### World

[World](/section/world/)

### Xi Jinping’s Power of One

China’s strongest leader in years, aims to propel his nation to the top of the world order 

[World](/section/world/)

### Jokers in the Pack

Anti-Establishment funnymen are making political inroads in Europe—and that’s no laughing matter

[World](/section/world/)

### After the Fall

A German photographer who was on the scene documents the afterlife of the Berlin Wall, which came down 25 years ago this month

[World](/section/world/)

### Mexico’s Nightmare

How the disappearance of 43 students in September has forced the country to once again confront the scourge of drug violence

[World](/section/world/)

### World (6 Nov 2014)

[World](/section/world/)

### A Shadow Falls on China

Off-the-books finance in the world’s second largest economy means major trouble for everyone else

[World](/section/world/)

### Milestones (6 Nov 2014)

[World](/section/world/)

### Pop Chart (6 Nov 2014)

[World](/section/world/)

### The Culture (6 Nov 2014)


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