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...clerks are now encouraged to smile and refrain from snapping "see for yourself" at customers. Even some police, reports Xinhua, have begun to acknowledge "the mistaken idea that since they represent the proletarian dictatorship, they have a right to shout at people." From now on they will no longer yell "hey you" at traffic violators; perhaps it will be a polite...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Hey You, Sir: Proletarian Politeness in China | 5/4/1981 | See Source »

They'll have to do this again; it was still tied after 32. All the camaraderie--like being stuck in an elevator, only you get to yell. Like the Boston Marathon with bats and balls, or a trip cross-country on moped. Long, but exciting. Tiring, but worth...

Author: By Bruce Schoenfeld, | Title: All Night in Pawtucket | 4/21/1981 | See Source »

...bring my umbrella to Notre Dame for two reasons: it may rain, and I need a good weapon. An Arab man approaches me and asks to share my umbrella. "Vas te faire foutre!" I yell...

Author: By Nancy F. Bauer, | Title: My Happy Summer in France | 3/17/1981 | See Source »

That is all they do. In Lanford Wilson's off-Broadway hit, the inmates and their equally downtrodden keeper yell, moan, squawk and whimper at each other for about two hours. When the play ends, their home is one day closer to its demise: so are they; nothing else has changed. Because the play has virtually no plot, it relies entirely on its characters to propell it along and keep its audience interested. And because the actors in this Dunster House production make the residents neither believable nor interesting, Hot I Baltimore makes for an almost unrelievedly dreary evening...

Author: By Jeffrey R. Toobin, | Title: Heartbreak Hot 1 | 3/11/1981 | See Source »

...step toward popular acceptance by a performer tired of being worshiped by the few. Like former cult favorites Chevy Chase and Steve Martin, Tomlin has made a laff-a-minute movie that will offend nobody - except the comic's most ardent fans, who will buy tickets and then yell, "Sell...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: Sanforized | 2/23/1981 | See Source »

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