Word: snubs
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...Harvard Snub...
...done. As Amherst withdrew from Peking, the snub was subtly underscored. In the streets he passed a beggar, who rose up deferentially. Amherst's mandarin escort instantly commanded the beggar to sit down again-"the British ambassador," dolefully observed his secretary, "not being now considered deserving respect even from the lowest class of society...
...might & majesty of imperial Britain exacted amends for the great Chinese snub of 1816 (see above). The Opium War was fought, Hong Kong gained, extraterritorial concessions yanked from the declining Celestial Empire. But by last week history seemed to have completed a cycle. A new dynasty ruled in Peking. A new demand for kowtow lay before His Britannic Majesty's government...
Last January, to protect their trade in the Far East, the British offered to recognize the new Communist regime. They expected an eager response. They got a rude snub. China's Red masters first kept the British dangling, then, last March 3, handed British Chárge d'Affaires John C. Hutchison three extraordinary questions, implying that they would not accept British recognition unless the answers were favorable. Asked Peking...
Chanting "we want freshmen," almost 200 Leverett House men stormed the Union last night and staged a five-minute rally in the packed dining hall to protest a predicted snub of their House by the Class...