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# December 10, 2018 | Vol. 192 No. 24 December 10, 2018 |  

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Vol. 192 No. 24

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Issue name

December 10th, 2018 | Vol. 192, No. 24 | U.S.

Issue date

December 10, 2018

Location

U.S.

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## Table of Contents

BusinessEntertainmentHealthIdeasU.S.World

### Business

[Business](/section/business/)

### General Motors Layoffs Signal Uncertain Future for American Cars—and More

[Business](/section/business/)

### Victoria's Secret Created an Impossible Ideal of Sexy. Now It's Struggling to Stay Relevant

An iconic lingerie brand created the impossible ideal for what's sexy. Now some women are moving on

### Entertainment

[Entertainment](/section/entertainment/)

### Men Are Beside the Point in Two New Films That Give Female Friendship the Royal Treatment

[Entertainment](/section/entertainment/)

### _Ben Is Back_ Stumbles Despite a Sensitive Turn by Julia Roberts

[Entertainment](/section/entertainment/)

### This Novel Asks What to Do When Your Sister Keeps Killing Her Boyfriends

[Entertainment](/section/entertainment/)

### _Mrs. Maisel_’s Season 2 Is the Perfect Escape From 2018

[Entertainment](/section/entertainment/)

### Peter Jackson on His New WWI Documentary, a Painstaking Labor of Love

The director of the Lord of the Rings trilogy on his new World War I documentary, a labor of love that puts a human face on history

### Health

[Health](/section/health/)

### Exercise Is Great. But Even Light Activities Like Walking and Housework Can Improve Your Health

Every movement counts

### Ideas

[Ideas](/section/ideas/)

### Anjelica Huston: ‘Nicolas Roeg Was Unlike Anyone Else’

Daring director

### U.S.

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

### ‘The World Moves On And You Don’t.’ Parents Who Lost Children in School Shootings Find Comfort in a Group No One Wants to Join (29 Nov 2018)

### World

[World](/section/world/)

### Amid Rising Pressure, Argentine President Mauricio Macri Prepares to Host the G-20

[World](/section/world/)

### The Race to Succeed Merkel Will Also Determine Who Leads Europe

[World](/section/world/)

### Austria's Young Chancellor Sebastian Kurz Is Bringing the Far-Right Into the Mainstream

Chancellor Sebastian Kurz couldn't beat Austria's populist insurgents. So he offered them a seat at the table


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