Word: snubbingly
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...Kelly Even if he had been nominated for best contemporary R&B album, it's doubtful he'd have made the ceremony, what with recording for Trapped in the Closest Pt. 788 still ongoing. But Kelly's snub probably has less to do with feelings about the genuinely strong Double Up than with his, uh, "legal issues...
...make it a sport to find the cheapest place in the square for cigarettes (for the record, it’s Tommy’s Value). I compare prices in other cities and states like I would stocks on the Dow Jones. The environmental guilt? I snub them out and throw the butts into trashcans. The extra smoke in the air? I inhale ever more deeply...
...Kothi, a new guesthouse in Jaipur. The food was delicious, and the Art Deco home where her in-laws' family entertained a maharajah has a good ambiance. However, it was noisy, though the owners have since planted barriers and reinforced windows. Also, be warned that some large travel operators snub the small hotels because the commissions paid are smaller than those of the big chains and booking rooms requires more legwork...
...diplomacy is the art of stroking your enemies right up until the moment you're ready to strike them, the snub is a handy little act of war by other means. Handled correctly, it visibly treats its target as invisible. Thus did Laura Bush proceed to her seat in the U.N. General Assembly, steadying herself on the desk occupied by Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad but apparently ignoring him as he glanced her way. "The despondent despot," gloated the New York Post, "immediately lowered his head again" and sat back to look at his watch and listen as President Bush...
...corruption-tainted Agriculture Minister and a scandal over the mishandling of more than 50 million pension-fund accounts. None of these crises, Abe maintained, directly prompted his plans to depart once the LDP chooses a new PM next week. Instead, Abe put most of the blame on a snub by one man: opposition leader Ichiro Ozawa, whom the PM claimed had refused to meet to discuss a stalemate over whether Japan would continue to refuel American military vessels participating in the U.S.-led war on terror. "Even though I had requested a party-leader talk, Ozawa rejected my overture," said...