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# August 25, 2014 | Vol. 184 No. 7 August 25, 2014 |  

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## Table of Contents

EntertainmentIdeasPoliticsScienceU.S.World

### Entertainment

[Entertainment](/section/entertainment/)

### Robin Williams: The Heart of Comedy

One man with a thousand voices brought joy to millions—but could not sustain it in himself 

[Entertainment](/section/entertainment/)

### In the Latest Issue (14 Aug 2014)

[Entertainment](/section/entertainment/)

### Memories of Mork: Robin Williams, RIP

To the kids who watched him in his first defining role, Williams proved that weirdness wasn't just O.K. — it was amazing

[Entertainment](/section/entertainment/)

### 10 More Questions With Robin Williams

In March 2011, TIME interviewed Robin Williams. Here are 10 exchanges that didn’t fit the first time around 

### Ideas

[Ideas](/section/ideas/)

### Obama Can Still Secure His Legacy

If he plays his last two years like the final quarter and not the back nine

[Ideas](/section/ideas/)

### An Evil That Must Be Stopped

ISIS is the most serious threat to American interests in a decade. Why we must counter it 

[Ideas](/section/ideas/)

### Last Tango in Buenos Aires

Argentina’s debt snarl tells us how risky the global financial system still is 

[Ideas](/section/ideas/)

### Dick Cavett: Robin Williams Won't Be the Last Suicidal Star

"The non-actor has a major advantage because it’s harder to hide the symptoms"

### Politics

[Politics](/section/politics/)

### Remembering James 'Jim' Brady

The former White House press secretary died earlier this month

### Science

[Science](/section/science/)

### What Comes After Ebola

The headquarters of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in Atlanta is buzzing because of a disease that has never killed a single person on U.S. soil. Here’s why 

### U.S.

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

### Ferguson’s Fatal Encounter

A police shooting puts the spotlight on race and lethal force in America

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

### Crashing the Core Curriculum

New education standards have turned back-to-school into a battlefield 

### World

[World](/section/world/)

### The Accidental War in Gaza

Entrenched interests drove Hamas and Israel to their deadliest impasse 

[World](/section/world/)

### Kurds Finally Have America’s Attention

Obama sends in the military to repel a gruesome terrorist army 

[World](/section/world/)

### Basking in Robin

We trace the evolution of a decades-long career, one signature role at a time

[World](/section/world/)

### Milestones (14 Aug 2014)

[World](/section/world/)

### Lauren Bacall

Hollywood icon

[World](/section/world/)

### Jim Frederick

Writer, editor, mentor

[World](/section/world/)

### The Master Critic

[World](/section/world/)

### Briefing (14 Aug 2014)

[World](/section/world/)

### World (14 Aug 2014)


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