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25% Proportion of male travelers who think an attractive cabin crew is more important than good in-flight food or movies, according to a poll
46% Proportion of Chinese who describe themselves as middle class, according to a nationwide survey
16% Proportion of Chinese actually holding middle-class jobs, according to the same study
The study, published in the spring 2004 issue of the Journal of Economic Perspectives, found that recent numbers point to a downward shift in the proportion of women retaining their own surnames—breaking a three-decade-long trend in which that proportion had risen.
The first week's release no doubt attracted a higher proportion of its natural constituency, the liberal base. To become a blockbuster and a shaping force in the presidential campaign, Fahrenheit 9/11 will have to entice the curious, the hostile, the indifferent--just as a politician's toughest job is...