Newsweek - USA (2019-11-08)

NOVEMBER 08 - 15, 2019 _ VOL.173 _ NO.

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DEPARTMENTS

In Focus

06 Tug of War

A Special Report

From Syria

Periscope

12 Secret Donors

and Secret Ballots

Senator Sheldon

Whitehouse on

Court Packing and

Impeachment

18 Talking Points

Alexandria Ocasio-

Cortez, Justin

Trudeau and Mark

Zuckerberg

Horizons

40 By the Numbers

Voting

Culture

42 Bowie’s Bookshelf

Inside the Thin

White Duke’s

Literary Influences

46 Uncharted

Larger-Than-Life

Sculpture Parks

48 Parting Shot

Kelly McCreary

BOOK THIEF

David Bowie’s
music was
inspired by
an impressive
catalog of
literature.
“You can’t steal
from a thief,”
he once said. P. 4 0

EDITORIAL

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Chan, Meredith Wolf Schizer

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Harriet Sinclair Politics

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Jessicab.wong, JamesbLaPorta, CristinabMaza,

To mbO’Connor, EwanbPalmer, CallumbPaton,

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