Time - November 06, 2023

In this issue

The Missing
Israeli families waiting to hear about loved ones missing since the Oct. 7 Massacre—in portraits and in their own words.

What the World Can Do
With Israelis and Palestinians blinded by anger and grief, someone must guard what space remains for peace.
By Yuval Noah Harari

A Newer World Order

Tighter export controls on computer chips escalate the U.S. rivalry with China

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Why is the internet obsessed with fall?

AUTUMN DIDN'T OFFICIALLY BEGIN UNTIL SEPT. 23, but for TikToker Chasitey Pounds, it started in June. Pounds, 26, is one of many content creators who cultivate followings with comforting autumn visuals like pumpkin-spice lattes, candles, and chunky sweaters.

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Suzanne Somers

Entrepreneurial actor

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Go Midwest, young man

JAKE VIA, WHO HAS LIVED EVERYWHERE FROM Fortaleza, Brazil, and Seattle to Sun Valley, Idaho, and Austin, calls Milwaukee \"the greatest city on earth.\" And he's serious.

5 mins

5 ways to set boundaries around work

Setting boundaries at work-economy-might seem like a pipe dream. Not be available 24/7? Not smile and accept every new assignment? Not push back when a colleague tries to steal your time?

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Mega-author John Grisham returns to his roots, in Memphis and on the page

ON A RACK AT THE FRONT OF BURKE'S BOOK Store in Memphis is a postcard showing the shop in an earlier era, overhung by a billboard that's no longer there.

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THE CASE FOR ANXIETY

Anxiety. The very word evokes discomfort. According to the U.S. Census Bureau, half of young American adults deal with it, so it's no wonder that this epidemic is causing us so much concern. But, as a clinician and researcher, I see a much bigger problem: in our society's quest to be anxiety-free, we tend to miss out on many valuable opportunities presented by this normal human emotion.

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A boost for Poland's democracy, and the E.U.

IN POLAND, AN UNEXpected surge of voters ready for change has ousted a populist coalition government in favor of a pro-E.U., more moderate group of leaders. The Law and Justice Party, in power since 2015, won the most parliamentary seats. But its coalition partners didn't perform well enough to allow current Prime Minister Jaroslaw Kaczynski to form another government.

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Loved Ones

ACROSS 75 YEARS, ISRAEL HAS BUILT itself around a military so formidable in battle that the country qualifies as a warrior state. But for the 2,000 years before that, the story of the Jews was one of perseverance through persecution, flight, and the kind of intimate, house-to-house slaughter Israelis awoke to on the morning of Oct. 7.

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Seeing Gaza

SAHER ALGHORRA HAS LONG LOVED TO DOCUMENT both the beauty and challenges of life in Gaza. That's what first drove the 27-year-old Gaza native to become a photojournalist. But even Alghorra-who has already lived through the devastating 2008 and 2014 Gaza-Israel conflicts was not prepared for what has transpired this month. \"The humanitarian situation here is extremely catastrophic,\" Alghorra tells TIME.

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BEST INVENTIONS 2023

For our annual list of the year's most exciting innovations, TIME editors hunted through products and services to select 200 inventions that make the world better, smarter, or just more fun.

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MORE THAN A TEENAGE DREAM

With the quietly extraordinary Priscilla, Sofia Coppola mines the inner life of the girl who fell for Elvis Presley

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The Eras Tour will make anyone a believer

SINCE HUMANKIND HAS BEEN WALKING upright, and maybe even when we still had fins for arms, we've been attracted to shiny, shimmering things. In concert, Taylor Swift is exactly that.

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Move over, Halloween: 2023 is one long costume party

Hanging in Khloé Lewis' closet is a shimmering lavender party dress with a single puffed sleeve, a bedazzled minidress with matching cowboy hat, and a rose-colored shirt. She wore these items to Taylor Swift's Eras Tour, Beyoncé's Renaissance World Tour, and the Barbie movie, respectively.

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