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# November 24, 2014 | Vol. 184 No. 20 November 24, 2014 |  

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Vol. 184 No. 20

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Issue name

November 24th, 2014 | Vol. 184, No. 20 | U.S.

Issue date

November 24, 2014

Location

U.S.

Related categories

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## Table of Contents

BusinessEntertainmentHealthIdeasPoliticsScienceU.S.WorldOthers

### Business

[Business](/section/business/)

### Little Airlines, Big Ideas

New models in the skies are flourishing

[Business](/section/business/)

### How Affirm Wants to Remake Money

The new charge to disrupt lending 

### Entertainment

[Entertainment](/section/entertainment/)

### The Power of Taylor Swift

How pop's savviest romantic conquered the music business 

[Entertainment](/section/entertainment/)

### In The Latest Issue (13 Nov 2014)

[Entertainment](/section/entertainment/)

### Channing Tatum’s Body of Work

The actor wrestles with an unresolved mystery in <em>Foxcatcher</em> 

[Entertainment](/section/entertainment/)

### Keith Haring’s Cartoons of Calamity

The artist’s social conscience comes into focus in a new exhibit 

[Entertainment](/section/entertainment/)

### When Writers Quit Writing

Readers feel the void when great authors decide to retire 

[Entertainment](/section/entertainment/)

### Review: Richard Ford’s Frank Talk

A writer revisits his favorite character in <em>Let Me Be Frank With You</em> 

[Entertainment](/section/entertainment/)

### 10 Questions With Zooey Deschanel

The <em>New Girl</em> actress explains her penchant for old pop and how she overcame the mean girls 

### Health

[Health](/section/health/)

### Mindfulness for Men

Yoga has some new fans—and science says that’s a very good thing 

### Ideas

[Ideas](/section/ideas/)

### Corps Values

To avoid another Ferguson, we should be taking a lesson on police training from the SEALs

### Politics

[Politics](/section/politics/)

### GOP Prepares for an Energy Battle

How the Republican Senate will tackle the Keystone XL pipeline, carbon emissions, renewable subsidies and more 

[Politics](/section/politics/)

### The Talent Gap at the Top of the GOP

Can Republicans find a woman to run for President? 

### Science

[Science](/section/science/)

### Here Comes the Cold

An “omega block” of freezing wind ushers in icy temperatures for much of the U.S. 

### U.S.

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

### Detroit Turns Up

An unlikely deal lifts Motown out of bankruptcy 

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

### Meet Loretta Lynch

Everything you need to know about Obama’s Attorney General-in-waiting 

### World

[World](/section/world/)

### Mexico’s Brutal Nightmare

How an attack on 43 students in September has forced the country to once again confront the scourge of drug violence

[World](/section/world/)

### The Culture (13 Nov 2014)

[World](/section/world/)

### Pop Chart (13 Nov 2014)

[World](/section/world/)

### Briefing (13 Nov 2014)

[World](/section/world/)

### World (13 Nov 2014)

[World](/section/world/)

### Milestones (13 Nov 2014)

[World](/section/world/)

### Craig Spencer

Doctor in NYC who contracted Ebola

[World](/section/world/)

### Ronald Reagan

'If I were there, Margaret, I'd throw my hat in the door before I came in.'

[World](/section/world/)

### What You Said About ... (13 Nov 2014)

### Others

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