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...country's flagship company has been gathering a few cobwebs lately. Since the hasty departure of music director and great hope Simone Young in 2003, OA faced first a crippling deficit, then a cost-cutting return to a safer repertoire. Three years on, stability has come with a minimum of risk-taking; traditional audiences have been maintained without growing new ones...
...minimum, now is a good time to rebalance: sell some of your small stocks or small-stock funds that have done well and beef up your exposure to large caps. But be careful: not all big stocks are bargains, no matter how far they may have fallen. GM, for example, could end up in bankruptcy. And be patient: stocks that are out of favor rarely turn on cue. But they do turn. The trick is being there when they do. [This article contains a table. Please see hardcopy of magazine.] Large-Cap Funds Worth a Look Fund Returns 1 year...
...prison for the rest of his life. Last week, Hulett was reclassified as “high risk” by the state corrections department, rendering it possible for Cashman to place him in a prison-based treatment program. Cashman extended Hulett’s sentence to a minimum of three years, again requiring that he receive treatment or face an even longer sentence...
Defenders of mandatory minimum sentences argue that the people—or their elected representatives—should be deciding how long criminals stay in prison. But O’Reilly’s politically motivated mischaracterization of the Cashman case illustrates the need for independent judges who can weigh all the facts and provide a fair ruling. Sentencing decisions shouldn’t be made in the political sphere, where ideologues like O’Reilly can use misleading stories to obscure the facts and whip up the public’s bloodlust...
...ultra low-sulfur diesel because it is not widely available. Lawrence Adkins, the president of the Riverside Neighborhood Association, asked whether Harvard would use the fuel if it was available. “We were promised state-of-the-art, and you’re giving us the minimum,” he said...