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Perhaps, but Mandela may have anticipated the snub. Asked at the press conference last Friday if he would discuss the Iraq war with President Bush, he replied, "I know he's coming to see [President Thabo Mbeki], but I cannot be sure if he's going to want to meet me. So I won't be able to tell him anything." And Mandela seems ready to initiate detente: "I have said what I wanted to say," he added, "and I don't have to repeat it." --By Tony Karon and James Carney
...Koreans? They sent a worker bee: Li Gun, deputy director general of their Foreign Ministry's American Affairs Bureau. Officials of that rank can, at best, serve as one-way broadcast machines for prerecorded messages from Pyongyang. Just to make sure the Chinese and Americans didn't miss the snub, Pyongyang also arranged for General Jo Myong Rok, Kim's No. 2, to be in Beijing when Kelly arrived?but unavailable for the talks...
...some of Paulin’s political prescriptions including the idea that Brooklyn-born settlers in Israel’s West Bank “should be shot dead” surfaced, and the department rescinded its invitation. Speculation arose that Summers had pressured members of the department to snub Paulin. Immediately, members of the Harvard community organized on both sides of the issue. Some praised Summers for preventing a well-known anti-Semite and symbol of hate from infecting the campus with his presence. Others castigated Summers for censoring Paulin. They advocated what they called “free...
...rely on acceptance from a number of “safety” schools—there’s no such thing as a “safety” press. For a young academic whose chances at tenure depend on having books published by reputable presses, a snub from Sisler can prove a crippling career setback...
...receive a nomination for next month’s Oscars. The Brattle’s next feature from the series, Secretary stars James Spader and Maggie Gyllenhaal and is a dark comedy about finding love through S & M. In considering possible reasons for Secretary’s Oscar snub, the Brattle asks the obvious: “Could it be the spanking?” Secretary screens March...