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WILL THERE BE MORE REFORMS AHEAD? Probably, but mostly economic ones. These moves seem to emulate the Chinese model: Give people more access to hard currency and free markets while keeping a lock on political dissent. But Raúl has encouraged public debate on Cuba's system, and his recent agreement to allow in U.N. rights inspectors could prompt more...
Concerning Justin Fox's "triple-A trouble" [March 24]: Standard & Poor's ratings bring an independent voice and transparency to the market to help facilitate access to capital. We have rigorous policies in place to support the independence of our ratings--which are based on consistently applied criteria--and we recently announced additional measures. A triple-A rating represents our opinion that a security or issuer has extremely strong capacity to meet its financial commitments. While the valuation of many triple-A structured securities has fallen heavily, very few triple-A securities (less than 0.1% originally given that rating...
...rest of the band ready the tour van and equipment for the long haul ahead. Before we part ways, I ask the two what would happen if “Love the Future” tanks and all of Chester French’s hype, acclaim, and access to free jeans are suddenly gone. What would this mean for Wallach’s theory that taste trumps all? Though their seemingly unassailable confidence would seem to have precluded the notion from their minds, failure is an outcome the two have actually considered...
...evils of ESPN are clearly not so great that they deserve the total condemnation of what is for most sports fans the most reliable purveyor of stats and scores. As editor of an “underground” blog that boasts “sports news without access, favor, or discretion,” Leitch has obvious reasons for disliking larger media conglomerates. But by assaulting ESPN he risks falling into the trap of the very “preening sportscasters” he criticizes: when sports are your life, you take them too seriously.Ultimately, in trying to celebrate...
...Though supporters of the museums lament the closures of the Fogg and Busch Reisinger, they add that 32 Quincy St. building is badly in need of repairs. “I think it’s a shame that a generation of students is going to lose access to that really great resource,” Kristina Ranalli ’10 says, “although the improvements are probably for the better.” HUAM spokesman Daron J. Manoogian notes that the building has structural problems—such as leaks—that should have been...