Word: snubbing
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...replies sadly. "My father went back once, in 1973. He went to our house, and some Jews answered. They asked my father, 'What are you doing?' He replied, 'This house used to be mine.' The Jews said, 'You have nothing to do here. Go away!'" After that snub, Omar's father never returned, but he still keeps the rusty key to the family's Beit Nabala house. The 1967 war was their last chance to go home, Omar says--their grand disappointment...
...Meanwhile, the unifying effect of the soccer snub certainly has its political advantages. "We can use this to overcome our regional differences," commented 16-year-old Sandra Reyes, reflecting on the east vs. west internal conflict that threatens to tear apart her country...
...It’s a pipe dream,” he continues. “It has to go through so many levels of faculty, of administration.” Anderson believes bureaucratic concerns will end up taking precedence over student opinion, bringing to mind the snub of the 1976 student poll.A GOLDEN OPPORTUNITYIf advocacy for calendar reform is louder and more widespread than before, it might be due to a largely unspoken hope among activists. Some see the University’s administrative situation as the activists’ greatest potential boon. Bok is scheduled to step down late...
...Staehely was plagued by shoddy infield defense (six errors, four by shortstop Greg Van Horn) as he surrendered six runs, only one earned, and seven hits in six innings while the Crimson lineup ran his pitch count up to 105. When asked about the preseason Pitcher of the Year snub, Haviland jokingly said, “I didn’t notice that,” before deciding not to comment. But he did laud his team’s efforts against his counterpart. “He’s a fastball-changeup guy, and they just drove...
...Oscars are rife with the usual mistakes and oversights. “Little Children” should have been nominated for Best Picture over the overwrought “Babel,” and “Letters” star Ken Watanabe’s Best Actor snub is a terrible omission, especially in a year when Hollywood is pretending to care about international films. The Academy ignored many critics’ international favorites as well. Where is French writer-directors Jean-Pierre and Luc Dardenne’s Palm d’Or winner...