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# October 27, 2014 | Vol. 184 No. 16 October 27, 2014 |  

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October 27th, 2014 | Vol. 184, No. 16 | U.S.

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## Table of Contents

EntertainmentHealthPoliticsU.S.WorldOthers

### Entertainment

[Entertainment](/section/entertainment/)

### Goya: The Alfred Hitchcock of Painting

No other artist put himself into his own dark pictures so much

[Entertainment](/section/entertainment/)

### We Three Queens: A Triad of Royal Biographies Debuts

Isabella, Victoria and Hatshepsut get the book treatment

[Entertainment](/section/entertainment/)

### Michael Keaton, the Angry _Birdman_

The story of an actor in extremis

### Health

[Health](/section/health/)

### The New Ebola Protocols

New U.S. cases have health experts rethinking the response and turning to doctors and hospitals that were truly prepared

[Health](/section/health/)

### Medical Momentum

Scientists make major moves in tackling five challenging diseases

### Politics

[Politics](/section/politics/)

### The Reinventions of Rand Paul

Can he fix what ails the GOP?

[Politics](/section/politics/)

### In the Latest Issue (16 Oct 2014)

[Politics](/section/politics/)

### Obama’s Leadership Shortage

His policies are fine. But the President is often a prisoner of his instincts

[Politics](/section/politics/)

### Chasing Vapors

Pat Roberts faces an elusive challenger in Kansas' wild Senate race

### U.S.

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

### Game Changer

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

### Book Review: _Pro_ Makes the Case That Abortion Can Be an Act of Love

Who is the abortion debate really about?

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

### 10 Questions With Bryan Stevenson

Lawyer and founder of the Equal Justice Initiative Bryan Stevenson on crime, death row and kids in prison

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

### Sam Roberts: "David Greenglass Won’t Be Forgotten"

The reporter who tracked down Ethel Rosenberg’s brother remembers his legacy

### World

[World](/section/world/)

### Meet the New Leader of the Fourth-Largest Country in the World

Indonesia is a democracy with rich natural resources and more Muslims than any other country on the planet. And it just elected a new president

[World](/section/world/)

### The Millennial Retirement Plan

Staring down his sunset years, a 24-year-old goes in search of a happier, healthier ending for us all

[World](/section/world/)

### Millennials Actually Have an Edge on Retirement

The surprising advantage of the younger generation

[World](/section/world/)

### Barack and Michelle Obama Congratulate Malala Yousafzai

Let’s not simply be in awe of her age or her accomplishments. Let’s join her

[World](/section/world/)

### Windsor Ways

An ex--press secretary tells ... some

[World](/section/world/)

### Briefing (16 Oct 2014)

[World](/section/world/)

### Milestones (16 Oct 2014)

[World](/section/world/)

### World (16 Oct 2014)

Vatican Strikes New Tone--and Only a Tone--on Homosexuality

[World](/section/world/)

### The Culture (16 Oct 2014)

[World](/section/world/)

### Pop Chart (16 Oct 2014)

### Others

### 

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