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# July 6, 2015 | Vol. 186 No. 1 July 6, 2015 |  

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## Table of Contents

BusinessEntertainmentHealthHistoryIdeasPoliticsU.S.WorldOthers

### Business

[Business](/section/business/)

### The Old Answer to Humanity’s Newest Problem: Data

Inside TIME’s Answers issue

[Business](/section/business/)

### This Is the Best Job in America

Finding a growing career path is one thing, but finding one that won’t stress you out is another

[Business](/section/business/)

### How a 25-Year-Old Blogger Took Down Apple

### Entertainment

[Entertainment](/section/entertainment/)

### Harper Lee's Second Success

Her new novel, out July 14, is already a hit

[Entertainment](/section/entertainment/)

### Brian Williams' Demotion Sends a Mixed Message

He’s not credible enough to anchor one NBC network, but he’s fine for another?

### Health

[Health](/section/health/)

### What Are My Health Risk Factors?

Most people live past age 65, at which point the top cause of death is heart disease, followed by cancer, according to a tally of all 2.6 million deaths in the U.S. in 2013

[Health](/section/health/)

### Energy Drinks Have Doctors Worried

But business is booming

### History

[History](/section/history/)

### Who Should Be on the $10 Bill?

### Ideas

[Ideas](/section/ideas/)

### If President Obama Can Say It, You Can Too

Policing language prevents us from badly-needed discourse, as President Obama made clear this week

### Politics

[Politics](/section/politics/)

### GOP Candidates Woo Latinos

The 2016 contenders take a ‘Sí se puede’ approach

### U.S.

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

### This Is the Best Beach in the U.S.

U.S. Coastlines receive some 62 million visitors annually

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

### This Is the Safest Place to Sit on a Plane

Where you should sit next time you get onboard 

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

### Pot Has Become Easier to Study

Not a moment too soon

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

### Where Are the Single Ladies?

And the fellas? They're mostly in city centers across the country--with some notable exceptions. Here's a closer look

### World

[World](/section/world/)

### In The Latest Issue (25 Jun 2015)

[World](/section/world/)

### Why Europe Can’t Leave Greece Adrift

Even though the country got itself into its huge debt mess

[World](/section/world/)

### The Art of Turning Data Into Answers

[World](/section/world/)

### II. Who Is Exceptional?

[World](/section/world/)

### Verbatim (25 Jun 2015)

[World](/section/world/)

### III. Questions We Should Be Asking

[World](/section/world/)

### James Salter

Novelist

[World](/section/world/)

### V. Questions We Didn't Know We Had

[World](/section/world/)

### Milestones (25 Jun 2015)

[World](/section/world/)

### Why Did ‘Frenemy’ Stick?

Academics are unraveling the mystery behind the success--and failure--of blended words

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