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...even that episode, however horrifying, takes on a romantic cast in the telling. As she says in the book, “Just because you feel deeply and indiscriminately does not mean that your feelings are indications of anything other than your flat-out fucked-up life.” Though many take issue with the chosen outlet of her talents, it takes skill to suffer as beautifully and artistically as Wurtzel. Her lack of shame in laying bare the details is only the beginning...
...report contained no such evidence. And by basing its recommendations on an empirical claim—that higher wages will improve the University’s teaching and research efforts—the committee risks being flat-out wrong. Harvard certainly pays attractive wages to professors, but it might decide that attractive wages for custodians are less mission-critical, and the HCECP makes no effort to convince the administration of the contrary...
Basically, what we have here is a huge cast of flat-liners. There are exceptions, of course. Smith is both noisily and funnily imperious as an eccentric, impoverished dowager; Northam invests a real character, music-hall star Ivor Novello, with a wry and wistful intelligence; and Fry's self-important detective, cluelessly investigating the murder of their host (Gambon), is also funny. Altman wants us to sympathize with the servants, and it turns out that the crime is justified by a back story of Dickensian sentimentality, but tedium overwhelms caring well before this endless film finally concludes...
...Dick Armey resolves to go out of the House with a bang and spend his last year opportunity in office putting together a credible 10-year proposal to convert America to a 20-percent flat income tax. If this is to be an America reborn, economically and spiritually, why not rebuild it around fair and simple taxation? Jesse Ventura can even run for president...
...Best Reform Credit Russia for its ongoing overhaul of the country's taxation system. This year Moscow introduced a flat personal income tax rate of 13%, a move designed to encourage citizens to pay the excise rather than opt for often expensive avoidance schemes. Reports suggest personal income tax receipts have risen 70% as a result...