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# October 26, 2015 | Vol. 186 No. 17 October 26, 2015 |  

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Vol. 186 No. 17

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Issue name

October 26th, 2015 | Vol. 186, No. 17 | U.S.

Issue date

October 26, 2015

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## Table of Contents

EntertainmentHistoryIdeasPoliticsWorldOthers

### Entertainment

[Entertainment](/section/entertainment/)

### Why Hollywood Is Bullish on Bull Riding

The talent agency that reps Rihanna and The Rock is betting serious money that 1,500-lb. beasts and the daredevils who ride them are the future of entertainment 

[Entertainment](/section/entertainment/)

### Director Cary Fukunaga Tamed _Beasts_ to Tell a Crucial African Story

Inside his new film 

[Entertainment](/section/entertainment/)

### Brie Larson Finds a _Room_ of Her Own

The actress stars in a movie adaptation of the Emma Donoghue novel 

[Entertainment](/section/entertainment/)

### Review: Jane Smiley’s _Golden Age_ Comes to an End

The author wraps up her Last Hundred Years Trilogy

[Entertainment](/section/entertainment/)

### Quick Talk With Amanda Peet

The actress talks about her new children’s book 

[Entertainment](/section/entertainment/)

### Review: Rembrandt and Vermeer at the Museum of Fine Arts in Boston

A show of Dutch masters shines light on the ordinary 

### History

[History](/section/history/)

### The Founding of America Is All About Us in 2 New Books

Reviewing <em>War of Two</em> and <em>Lafayette in the Somewhat United States</em> 

### Ideas

[Ideas](/section/ideas/)

### How Clintonomics Created Carly Fiorina

 And how they hamper Hillary Clinton

[Ideas](/section/ideas/)

### A Scan of My Very Attractive Brain

My brain may be handsome, but it has a few things to learn about tribal loyalties 

### Politics

[Politics](/section/politics/)

### What's Eating Jeb Bush?

Inside the campaign that can’t catch a break 

### World

[World](/section/world/)

### Putin’s Syria Gamble

Russia is looking for a U.S. alliance over Syria—but instead, Moscow and Washington are at odds again 

[World](/section/world/)

### 10 Questions With Orhan Pamuk

The Nobel laureate discusses his new novel, his love for his hometown of Istanbul and Turkey’s response to a devastating terrorist attack 

[World](/section/world/)

### Green Piece

[World](/section/world/)

### We Count Pitches to Save Arms. It's Time to Track Hits to Save Lives

[World](/section/world/)

### Not All Screen Time Is a No-No for Infants

[World](/section/world/)

### Hollywood's Gender Gap

[World](/section/world/)

### The Perils Pulling Turkey Apart

[World](/section/world/)

### The 'Reasonable Nut Job Caucus'

[World](/section/world/)

### Why a More Isolated Saudi Arabia Is Looking Weaker

[World](/section/world/)

### Foolproof

[World](/section/world/)

### Pop Chart (15 Oct 2015)

[World](/section/world/)

### Milestones (15 Oct 2015)

[World](/section/world/)

### Verbatim (15 Oct 2015)

[World](/section/world/)

### What You Said About ... (15 Oct 2015)

### Others

[Help! My Parents Are MillennialsThey’ve shaped the culture of always being on. Now millennials have a new focus: their children ](/4074567/help-my-parents-are-millennials/)

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