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That last bit of largesse was classic Yeltsin. After reviewing the college's corps of cadets, the President had an aide yell the name "Panskov" across 50 yards of parade ground. Out of sight of his boss, Russian Finance Minister Vladimir Panskov rolled his eyes and shook his head. He knew what was coming. As some of Yeltsin's other aides snickered, Panskov rushed to the President's side. Thousands watched their animated conversation, after which Yeltsin proudly declared he had "found" the money for the new quarters. Panskov shuffled away, skulking--but more was in store...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: RUSSIA'96: THE PEOPLE CHOOSE | 5/27/1996 | See Source »

...guess I haven't heard much about it beyond the names of the candidates," Deepu Nair '98-'97 says. "They can yell their names out as much as they want, but I still don't know what they stand...

Author: By Tara I. Chang, Jonathan A. Lewin, and Rachel C. Telegen, S | Title: Running in a 'Popular' Election | 4/13/1996 | See Source »

...concert goes ahead as planned, and if the optimistically-predicted 2,000 students attend, they will spend three hours together hardly able to hear one another speak. They will yell and scream and dance and sing--it'll be a great concert, if the council doesn't somehow botch it, but that's all it will be. Students won't leave the concert feeling any more part of a college community than when it started. For that to happen, we might suggest a group "Kumbaya" sing-along in Sanders. But that wouldn't cost $15,000 of our money...

Author: By Patrick S. Chung, | Title: A Tribe Called Council | 2/24/1996 | See Source »

...leeches to cure it, comments to the audience how odd it is that they are making all these modern references and have no idea what modern medicine is. Why didn't Auletta just change Moliere's references to leeches, too? Because he wanted to wave to the audience, and yell, "Hey, I'm here...

Author: By Theodore K. Gideonse, | Title: Moliere, We Hardly Knew Ye | 2/22/1996 | See Source »

What still plagues SNL this year is a penchant for sketches that don't seem to have any point. The show's new, unexplainable fixation is with characters who yell at faceless crowds. One has Cheri Oteri in a housecoat screaming at children from her front porch. The skit is too redolent of a scene from Vicki Lawrence's Mama's Family to watch comfortably in its entirety...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: TELEVISION: THE BATTLE FOR SATURDAY NIGHT | 2/12/1996 | See Source »

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