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# June 4, 2015 | Vol. 185 No. 22 June 4, 2015 |  

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Vol. 185 No. 22

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Issue name

June 4th, 2015 | Vol. 185, No. 22 | Asia, South Pacific

Issue date

June 4, 2015

Location

Asia, South Pacific

Related categories

[World](/vault/subject/world/)

[Asia](/vault/subject/asia/)

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## Table of Contents

BusinessEntertainmentHealthIdeasPoliticsScienceWorld

### Business

[Business](/section/business/)

### See the Massive Monuments Silicon Valley Is Building

The tech world's crown jewels 

### Entertainment

[Entertainment](/section/entertainment/)

### Hollywood's New Domestic Divas

Finding a second act selling the good life 

[Entertainment](/section/entertainment/)

### Review: In _Spy_, Melissa McCarthy Is a New Kind of Bond Girl

<em>Spy</em> is this summer’s smart blockbuster

[Entertainment](/section/entertainment/)

### Review: The Gluten Wars

Two new books tackle today’s most controversial food 

### Health

[Health](/section/health/)

### Why America Can’t Kick Its Painkiller Problem

The price we pay for relief 

[Health](/section/health/)

### Snoozing and Losing With Sleep Apnea

The disorder is increasingly common—but still often undiagnosed 

### Ideas

[Ideas](/section/ideas/)

### ‘Open the Garage Door, Hal’

Talking gadgets are great at taking my orders. The trick is remembering that I’m still human 

[Ideas](/section/ideas/)

### Will This Be America’s Next Economic Crisis?

The Fed kept the engine from stalling. Getting it to speed again will be harder 

[Ideas](/section/ideas/)

### Democrats Get a Primary

Why candidates O’Malley and Sanders will make it a race

### Politics

[Politics](/section/politics/)

### 10 Questions With Barbara Bush

Turning 90, the former first lady reflects on her husband’s favorite pastime, the advantages of age and her second son’s jump into the 2016 race 

### Science

[Science](/section/science/)

### The New Tool for Marketers: Your Face

Businesses are using facial analysis to see if their campaigns are working on you

### World

[World](/section/world/)

### Burma’s Nowhere People

Thousands of migrants have fled oppression only to meet death on the seas—or face an uncertain future in refugee camps 

[World](/section/world/)

### Out in Africa

Can Uganda’s gay-rights activists stop the government from enacting another homophobic law?

[World](/section/world/)

### Lifting the Curtain

Under pressure from the U.S., Switzerland is clamping down on corruption and tax evasion

[World](/section/world/)

### Making a Deal With Iran

Negotiating isn’t easy, but it’s the smart thing to do

[World](/section/world/)

### Rising Violence

After decades of decline, crime ticks back up

[World](/section/world/)

### Milestones (4 Jun 2015)


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