It appears that the nose of the lady correspondent of Handelsblatt in London was put badly out of joint when Bock refused her an interview on the grounds that it would be bad form prior to Lonrho’s results.
We need to tread carefully and emphasise that the idea is far from advanced in case a nose or two gets put out of joint. University sport is as steeped in political intrigue as any other human activity when two or more people happen to congregate.
THE ability of Swiss Bank Corporation (SBC) to put noses out of joint in the City has not dimmed, despite its L860m plan to take over SGWarburg, the investment bank.
He has behaved with charm and modesty and he even had the good grace to lose to Mark Petchey, a Brit with his nose put out of joint by Rusedski’s sudden arrival.