That objective was made just a bit easier when the World Boxing Council voted Chavez its No. 1 contender in its latest ratings.

According to the latest ratings, "C.S.I." is the No. 1 show on television, with an audience of 26.7 million.

In his latest ratings he received a 0% from the League of Conservation voters and an 8% from Republicans for Environmental Protection.

Mary Lorencz, a spokeswoman for Kmart, which is based in Troy, Mich., declined to comment yesterday on the latest rating.

I keep up with the latest ratings on consumerreports.org, which warns that "high-priced, feature-laden machines don't necessarily deliver better cleaning."

She said the latest ratings can be found on the Web site, www.

The latest ratings put So on the 9th spot of the world top 20 juniors list.

All others were removed from the W.B.A.'s latest ratings because of South Africa's policy of apartheid.

A Moody's spokesman said that the latest rating reflected improvements in the county budget since Mr. Treffinger took office.

Popularity for the name has since declined with its latest rating of 110th in 2009.