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# October 14, 2019 | Vol. 194 No. 15 October 14, 2019 |  

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Vol. 194 No. 15

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Issue name

October 14th, 2019 | Vol. 194, No. 15 | International

Issue date

October 14, 2019

Location

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

Related categories

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

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## Table of Contents

EntertainmentIdeasPoliticsWorld

### Entertainment

[Entertainment](/section/entertainment/)

### Louis Theroux, Britain's Documentary Trailblazer, Turns the Spotlight on Himself

[Entertainment](/section/entertainment/)

### _Back to Life_ Is the Next Must-Watch Show for _Fleabag_ Fans

[Entertainment](/section/entertainment/)

### Olive Kitteridge Faces Old Age and New Misadventures in Sequel _Olive, Again_

[Entertainment](/section/entertainment/)

### 'I Wake Up Happy.' Disney CEO Bob Iger on How to Fire Humanely and His Plans for Retirement

The Disney CEO on consequential fun, firing humanely and what he learned from scraping chewing gum off desks

### Ideas

[Ideas](/section/ideas/)

### Denyce Graves Remembers Jessye Norman's 'One in a Million' Opera Voice and Lasting Impact on the Art

Opera goddess

### Politics

[Politics](/section/politics/)

### Kamala Harris Is Making Her Case. But Can She Stand Out in a Crowded Field?

Emphatic but elusive, the candidate searches for her place in the Democratic field

[Politics](/section/politics/)

### How Trump's Obsession With a Conspiracy Theory Led to the Impeachment Crisis

How a murky theory fueled a global hunt and consumed the presidency

### World

[World](/section/world/)

### Iranian Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei Is One Despot Trump Might Not Win Over

Iranian Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei is one despot Trump might not win over

[World](/section/world/)

### As Scandals Loom Over Boris Johnson, the U.K. Prime Minister's Base Stays Strong

[World](/section/world/)

### Why the Japan-South Korea Trade War Is Worrying for the World


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