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...That sounds like a surreal shifting of the gears. When did you see the final cut of An Education? The first time I watched it was three days before Sundance, actually. And I thought I was completely awful. I took my friend Zoe Kazan and her mom, and I was like, "Oh my God, I'm so boring! I don't do anything with my face!" I had never really watched myself before as the star of a film. I had been in supporting roles all the time, and [with those] you can come in and then disappear...
From a historical perspective this makes a great deal of sense. Consider that the top marginal rate peaked at 94% in the final years of World War II. It remained above 90% for most of the 1950s, and held steady at 70% during the 1970s. Republican Ronald Reagan emerged as the great tax buster, shaving the top bracket to a mere 28%. (During his presidency the rate in the bottom bracket increased by a point...
...surprise, given the era - was determined by class. The Titanic's first-class passengers had a 43.9% greater chance of making it off the ship and into a lifeboat than the reference group; the Lusitania's, remarkably, were 11.5% less likely. (See pictures of the Queen Elizabeth 2's final voyage...
...final part of the experiment, Zhong and his colleagues re-ran the sunglasses test, but also asked the participants to complete a questionnaire in which they agreed or disagreed on a 1-to-7 scale with statements like "I was anonymous during the study," "I was watched during the study" and "Others were paying attention to my behavior during the study." Again, the people wearing sunglasses scored significantly higher on the perception of anonymity study, even though they all rationally knew the glasses made no difference. (See the 25 crimes of the century...
Perry had words on his boots too as he campaigned across West Texas in the final days. They were emblazoned with the rallying cry issued by Texans guarding a cannon during a key battle for Texas independence 174 years ago: "Come and take...