Word: snubs
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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America's official representative was a never-stop. From the moment Nancy Reagan arrived in London she kept a hectic social pace, which included a meeting with the Queen at which she failed to curtsy. Fleet Street regarded this as a snub, although Buckingham Palace made it clear that Mrs. Reagan was not required to bend a knee. With that settled, the spiffy-looking President's wife quickly turned the tide, and by the time she appeared for the Hyde Park fireworks display on Tuesday night she received an ovation second only to the Queen...
...American Dance Festival has been a movable summer proving ground for modern choreography. Early Greats Martha Graham and Doris Humphrey, for instance, welcomed the summer respite from battling ballet in New York City to present new works in sympathetic surroundings. At one point, they also welcomed the opportunity to snub each other: they led their companies to opposite sides of the school cafeteria. But in the decades that followed, the rivalries waned. The festival has nurtured a range of choreography-Merce Cunningham and Paul Taylor, José Limon and Pilobolus. Now held on the Duke University campus in Durham...
...formal invitation of any kind had been made to the White House, but he felt he should let the rest of the University know what was going on. And when Bok and other Harvard administration officials heard, they were not happy. Afraid that it might be considered a snub if Reagan appeared at Harvard on June 4 but didn't speak at the main Commencement exercises or receive an honorary degree, they told the Kennedy School to hold off on inviting Reagan, and on April 8 Smith called Forman in Washington and told her Harvard had vetoed the idea...
...that point, Wirthlin indicated that there might be a possibility, and Forman notified Smith. Smith consulted with University officials, who decided it would be considered a snub if only a graduate school, and not the University, invited the President...
...Chinese response to his Philippines speech was cold, and the "patriotic" Chinese bishops may decide to snub the Pontiff and reject the Vatican's overtures. Even if the status of existing bishops is worked out, the Communist rulers of China may not allow future bishops to be appointed by a Pope in far-off Rome...