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# October 9, 2017 | Vol. 190 No. 14October 9, 2017 |  
Vol. 190 No. 14

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Issue name

October 9th, 2017 | Vol. 190, No. 14 | U.S.

Issue date

October 9, 2017

Location

U.S.

Related categories

[Government](/vault/subject/government/)

[U.S. Presidents](/vault/subject/u-s-presidents/)

[Sports](/vault/subject/sports/)

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## Table of Contents

EntertainmentHealthIdeasPoliticsU.S.WorldOthers

### Entertainment

[Entertainment](/section/entertainment/)

### 16 TV Shows That Deserve a Second Chance This Fall

[Entertainment](/section/entertainment/)

### Review: Jake Gyllenhaal Exudes Quiet Courage in _Stronger_

[Entertainment](/section/entertainment/)

### Review: _American Made_ Lets a Smug Tom Cruise Just Be Tom Cruise

[Entertainment](/section/entertainment/)

### _Lucky_ Is a Sublime Farewell to Harry Dean Stanton

[Entertainment](/section/entertainment/)

### Books, Rats and Elegant Shoes

[Entertainment](/section/entertainment/)

### All Happy Families, Alike

### Health

[Health](/section/health/)

### The 'Super-Malaria' on the Rise In Southeast Asia

### Ideas

[Ideas](/section/ideas/)

### The Birth of Britain's Global Palate

A review of <em>The Taste of Empire</em> by Lizzie Collingham

[Ideas](/section/ideas/)

### Paradise Lost: The Mysterious Case of the Missing Utopian Novels

Why all the doom and gloom?

[Ideas](/section/ideas/)

### Hey! You! Get Off of My Cloud! And Other Tales from the Family-Data-Sharing Economy

'I'm not sure Apple is improving my life by making me feel so old and uncool'

### Politics

[Politics](/section/politics/)

### An Unlikely Salesman for the Republican Party's Tax Plan

[Politics](/section/politics/)

### Trump's Travel Ban Might Escape Judgment

### U.S.

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

### Inside Donald Trump’s Latest Battle Against the NFL

A deliberately provocative President picks his latest fight over free speech in sports

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

### Can Computers Fix Gerrymandering?

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

### How the U.S. Turned Its Back on Puerto Rico

Puerto Rico was wrecked by Hurricane Maria, then ignored by the mainland

### World

[World](/section/world/)

### Promised Land

Is Angela Merkel's Germany really the paradise refugees believe it to be?

[World](/section/world/)

### Saudi Women In the Driver's Seat

[World](/section/world/)

### Yes, Merkel Won Again. But the Fires of European Populism Are Still Raging

[World](/section/world/)

### Switzerland's New Medical Drones

[World](/section/world/)

### What Really Worries South Koreans: Trump

[World](/section/world/)

### For the Record (28 Sep 2017)

[World](/section/world/)

### What You Said About ... (28 Sep 2017)

[World](/section/world/)

### Milestones (28 Sep 2017)

[World](/section/world/)

### This Just In (28 Sep 2017)

### Others

[The Real Reason Airplanes Still Have AshtraysWe all know smoking in the air is banned, so what gives?](/4919780/airplanes-smoking-tray-ashtrays-airlines/)

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October 9th, 2017 | Vol. 190, No. 14 | U.S.

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