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Joseph Bernstein is Jewish. And in official Soviet circles, that mean being a persona non grata...
...Michael Shea, whose normally tight lips loosened at a banquet. According to a journalist who was present, he revealed that the family nickname for the Queen when she was bored or displeased was "Miss Piggyface." His indiscretion was so unwisely non-U that Shea might soon be persona non grata. It remained for the new Princess of Wales to set matters right. There was an unconfirmed report last week that a routine medical scan revealed Diana's royal infant-in-waiting is male. Nothing is more U than a princess bearing a prince...
...result of Nofziger's involvement, and partly as compensation to offended conservatives, the pendulum of political appointments has swung decisively to the right. Exults placated Conservative Digest Publisher Richard Viguerie: "Until now, it seemed that if you were a longtime Reagan supporter you were persona non grata at the White House. It's hard to have Reaganism without Reaganites." But others, including some in the Administration, are concerned that things may be going too far. Says one West Wing aide: "Good, solid Republican types are getting screwed...
Glashow, who met Sakharov at a 1974 scientific conference in Moscow, called the invitation a "risky gesture" because Harvard may become a university non grata to Soviet leaders. In retaliation, he said, the Soviets will probably not permit their scientists to visit or work with Harvard academics...
Khomeini did not create U.S. television's imbalance between self-restraint and rant, but he has profited from it. Once he seemed bent on expelling all foreign correspondents, but now more than 200 of them are "persona grata" in a land where American diplomats are not. Journalists walk the streets of Tehran encountering little hostility, despite Iran radio's constant and strident anti-American propaganda. In their on-the-air questioning of the student militants, however, they too seem inhibited by the fear of jeopardizing the hostages. When Khomeini gives televised interviews, he chooses which submitted questions...