Henry VIII created him a Duke. Last month, the queen created two barons.

Any softening of the statement’s language should help stocks, Mr. Herrmann said, because it would convince traders that the Fed will remain untroubled and untroubling.

Hey, Lewis; long time, man. / Jack. / They shook hands.

Mr. Gutiérrez Alea, who died in 1996 after enjoying a comeback with “Strawberries and Chocolate” (1994) and “Guantanamera” (1995), may have been the richest talent in Cuban films, a “serious comedian” who was able to move beyond the slapsticky farce of “The Twelve Chairs” into the far greater introspection and melancholy of “Memories of Underdevelopment.”