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...after following a female camper to Logan Airport on the T, George became a persona non grata at The Crimson, Tucker says. Soon after, he was banned from the University Lutheran Church homeless shelter after pushing a director down the stairs...
...Eastern front--of his getting into college. Science was not his first passion. At 14 he joined a local youth newspaper and fell hard for the joys of journalism: writing, thinking, exploring. "I loved it," he recalls--until a relative was detained without trial and Grove became persona non grata at the paper. Nearly 40 years later he wrote, "I did not want a profession in which a totally subjective evaluation, easily colored by political considerations, could decide the merits of my work. I ran from writing to science...
Richard Gere in real life is now persona non grata in China. Due to his outspoken support of Tibetan independence following the Chinese invasion of the country, the government continues to disallow his visas and reserves the right to arrest him should he set foot in the country...
Even as artists from across the globe marvel at the Heidelberg Project, Guyton is becoming persona non grata on the street where he grew up. Tourist traffic is heavy. The bulk garbage collectors are so confused by what is art and what isn't on Heidelberg Street that they have stopped picking up there. And there's concern that the heaps of stuff are becoming a breeding ground for rodents. "Really, the problem has exploded this year because Tyree has put his polka dots everywhere," says Angela Brown Wilson, executive assistant to Detroit's Mayor Dennis Archer...
...More than 60,000 have been killed in the struggle between the government and the Islamic Salvation Front (FIS) since the Islamic party, which looked sure to gain control of the government in the 1992 elections, was outlawed after an army coup. Although the FIS is still party non grata, Zeroual has agreed to allow opposition from moderate fundamentalist parties as long as they removed Islamic references from their names and platforms and renounced violence. Zeroual was looking for a large turnout to give some legitimacy to his government that has ruled the country since coming to power...