Word: snubbed
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...delegation, a position they feel would suggest their downgrading to the status of a Chinese province. But Hong Kong officials stand to lose either way: if they seat the two parties together, the Taiwanese will boycott the events. If they seat them apart, Beijing will consider it a public snub before an international audience. Beijing argues that under the red flag, Taiwan would enjoy even more autonomy than Hong Kong if it chose to reunify with the motherland. But that is what the majority of people in Taiwan fear the most. Says TIME's Don Shapiro, "The people in Taiwan...
Vigorous diplomacy was required to shore up allied support for U.S. actions. The most egregious snub seemed to come from Kuwait, the very nation the coalition rescued from Saddam's grasp, when the U.S. Administration's plan to deploy an added 3,500 Americans was publicly put on hold for a day. But officials admit the show of pique was Washington's fault: an army officer misread an order to prepare to deploy as the final go-ahead, prompting the Pentagon to announce the troops were going before Perry could seek permission from Kuwait. U.S. diplomats scrambled to repair...
...lower the temperature without getting something in return." Mubarak's refusal to take part in talks marks a major disappointment for the U.S., since it leave out a country that has been the main Arab partner of the U.S. in the turbulent Middle East. "This is a powerful snub that betrays a lack of confidence and trust in Clinton's plans," says MacLeod. "In the long term, perceived U.S. bias toward Israel further undermines the internal position of pro-American Arab regimes under threat from Islamic militants." Clinton may be hoping for rapprochement around the table in Washington, but without...
WASHINGTON, D.C.: Bob Dole has rejected an offer to address the NAACP convention, citing "major scheduling conflicts." What's so important? A cameo at the All Star baseball game in Philadelphia. Though Dole is hardly a prime candidate for the NAACP endorsement this year, the snub comes as the Republican Party has pledged to begin making serious inroads with African-Americans. But TIME Washington correspondent Tamala Edwards reports that Dole's campaign staff thinks the potential downside far outweighs the modicum of good will the NAACP appearance might generate. "They are afraid that he might put his foot...
...plus the city administration, the various military services and their cemeteries and memorials, Presidents living and dead and the Vice President, who is said to be alive. Then there is a black college, a white college and a college for the deaf. And who would want to snub the Children's or the Holocaust museum? The carriers will cross the narrow bridges over the Potomac not once but three times in two days. On Thursday the group moves through the red-hot center of the city at 4:09 p.m., the start of rush hour, to inflict maximum harm...