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...Supreme Court still matters. The difference is that it matters for the cases it refuses to hear, not for the predictably partisan decisions it hands down. As Chief Justice Roberts' history makes all too plain, his main interest is in restricting access to the court, effectively removing the judiciary as a resource for those injured by the powerful. This is a radical revolution indeed...
...year. "The relationship between museums and society has changed," says Miguel Zugaza, the Prado's director. "Before, museums were the preserve of the few, but now they're massively attended. We had to change to match that." By adding a new entrance for groups and permitting the museum's main doors on the Paseo del Prado to re-open for everyone else, the extension does away with the awkward side entries. The new wing also provides a suitable home for the necessary appurtenances of the modern museum (café, auditorium and gift shop), leaving the original 18th century building...
Once this temporary exhibition closes, many of its works will find their way onto the walls of the Prado's original Villanueva building; now that the main galleries no longer have to house traveling shows, there's more room to show works that have tended to languish in storage. "In 1819, the museum had a gallery of contemporary drawings where Goya's work was on display," says Zugaza. "The museum's founders thought that the collection would keep extending, but our chronic problem with insufficient space prevented that. Now, we have the opportunity to stretch to our full range...
...more open. In a letter to investors two months ago, El-Erian wrote that “many of you have told us that […] we should nonetheless be more transparent about HMC’s structure, activities, and governance. We agree.” A main component of El-Erian’s program is hmc.harvard.edu, a Web site—HMC’s first—launched in September. Given the importance of the endowment to Harvard’s donors and all its beneficiaries—nearly every part of the University?...
With the police and the National Guard blocking off the main roads, the friends snuck in through "dirt roads and stuff like that," says Gudim. At one point, Samuels and his friends saw firefighters battling a fire that had snaked up and down one hill. They saw a eucalyptus tree a few hundred yards away suddenly burst into flame. "Wow, did you see that?" they said to each other...