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# January 19, 2015 | Vol. 185 No. 1January 19, 2015 |  
Vol. 185 No. 1

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January 19th, 2015 | Vol. 185, No. 1 | Asia, South Pacific

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January 19, 2015

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Asia, South Pacific

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## Table of Contents

EntertainmentHealthIdeasPoliticsWorld

### Entertainment

[Entertainment](/section/entertainment/)

### Meg Wolitzer: My Debt to Sylvia Plath

When novelist Meg Wolitzer began writing <i>Belzhar</i>, her first book for a YA audience, she turned to Sylvia Plath and <i>The Bell Jar</i>

[Entertainment](/section/entertainment/)

### Review: _Selma_ Is the Film of the Year — But 1965 or 2014?

In Ava DuVernay's retelling of Martin Luther King's leadership in the Selma-to-Montgomery marches and the passage of the Voting Rights Act, we see how much King achieved — and how little we have advanced

[Entertainment](/section/entertainment/)

### _Selma_: The Making of History

A vivid new film about Martin Luther King Jr. couldn’t come at a better time 

### Health

[Health](/section/health/)

### Most Cancers Aren’t Your Fault

Random DNA changes are usually to blame 

### Ideas

[Ideas](/section/ideas/)

### Time to Build a More Secure Internet

Yes, anonymity is empowering. But escalating hacks and scams show that we need a safer alternative

[Ideas](/section/ideas/)

### What I Learned on the Set of America’s Funniest Home Videos

My audition to replace Tom Bergeron 

### Politics

[Politics](/section/politics/)

### Bill Clinton Remembers Mario Cuomo

Mario Cuomo’s America was one of community, compassion and responsibility 

### World

[World](/section/world/)

### His Time is Now

Kei Nishikori is already the best tennis player Japan has ever produced. At the Australian Open, he’s setting his sights even higher

[World](/section/world/)

### French Officials Feared Attack Before Paris Shooting

French officials were concerned even before two gunmen stormed the office of "Charlie Hebdo" 

[World](/section/world/)

### These Are the Top 10 Geopolitical Risks of 2015

TIME foreign affairs columnist Ian Bremmer provides a guide to the global storylines of the year, beginning with an unstable Europe

[World](/section/world/)

### The Path to Peace

Chaos in the Middle East is sowing the seeds for an unlikely alliance between Israel and the Arab states 


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