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# March 13, 2017 | Vol. 189 No. 9 March 13, 2017 |  

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Vol. 189 No. 9

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Issue name

March 13th, 2017 | Vol. 189, No. 9 | U.S.

Issue date

March 13, 2017

Location

U.S.

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[Society](/vault/subject/society/)

[Technology](/vault/subject/technology/)

[Business](/vault/subject/business/)

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## Table of Contents

BusinessEntertainmentIdeasPoliticsScienceU.S.WorldOthers

### Business

[Business](/section/business/)

### Snapchat Faces the Public

The company that upended social media heads to wall Street

[Business](/section/business/)

### Snap's Audacious Wall Street Play

[Business](/section/business/)

### Nintendo Switches Up Mobile Gaming With a Novel Console

### Entertainment

[Entertainment](/section/entertainment/)

### Review: Wolverine Reaches the Last Chapter in Grim, Overbearing _Logan_

[Entertainment](/section/entertainment/)

### Review: _Feud_ Is a Bonfire of Vain Biddies

While the characters in FX's new miniseries dream of a future where women in showbiz will have power, full equality today still seems far away.

### Ideas

[Ideas](/section/ideas/)

### George W. Bush Discusses His New Book of Oil Paintings

'I'm just a sensitive artist these days... \[but\] education of the arts is really important'

[Ideas](/section/ideas/)

### The Most Important Difference Between an Elite Athlete and a Middle-Aged Writer

### Politics

[Politics](/section/politics/)

### A GOP Revolt Threatens President Trump's Agenda

### Science

[Science](/section/science/)

### Searching for Life on the Newly Discovered Earthlike Planets

### U.S.

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

### In Defense of an Open, Fair and Free Press

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

### For the Record (2 Mar 2017)

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

### Hate Incidents Sow Fear Across U.S.

### World

[World](/section/world/)

### 2017 Might Not Be Europe's 'Year of the Populist' After All

[World](/section/world/)

### The Mysterious Death and Life of Kim Jong Nam

[World](/section/world/)

### Next Generation Leaders (3 Mar 2017)

[World](/section/world/)

### Salome Karwah

Ebola fighter

[World](/section/world/)

### The Evolution of Sleep

[World](/section/world/)

### Pop Chart (2 Mar 2017)

[World](/section/world/)

### This Just In (2 Mar 2017)

[World](/section/world/)

### Bill Paxton

Actor of the everyman

[World](/section/world/)

### The Surprising History of Women's Tattoos

[World](/section/world/)

### The World's Unlikeliest Star Athletes

Venezuela's Adrian Solano (below) became a media sensation as the "world's worst skier" after competing at the Nordic World Ski Championships on Feb. 22 despite having never skied on snow or even seen it before. Here, some other sporting amateurs known for their heroic losses.

[World](/section/world/)

### Duterte's Fiercest Critic Finds Herself In Jail

[World](/section/world/)

### Milestones (2 Mar 2017)

[World](/section/world/)

### Celebrity Squabbles for the Ages

### Others

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