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Zantzinger was not available for comment yesterday.

No Room for Alfalfa on Fenty's Plate

Mayor Adrian Fenty raised a few high-profile eyebrows for his no-show at Saturday's Alfalfa Club dinner at the Capital Hilton. The annual event, which brings together Washington's political and business elite, is considered a command performance for top-level networking, and former mayor Tony Williams (now a member) made a point of attending. Fenty was slated to sit at the head table with President Bush and Laura Bush, former president George H.W. Bush, Condoleezza Rice, Sandra Day O'Connor, John Roberts and most of the Cabinet.

Another snub? Fenty declined an invitation to sit with the first lady during last week's State of the Union address because of the administration's stance against D.C. voting rights. But this looks more like crossed wires: The Alfalfans thought the mayor was coming, but Fenty's spokeswoman Mafara Hobson told us he sent regrets last month and spent the night at a Ward 1 thank-you reception and a Ward 4 fundraiser for Muriel Bowser.

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· World Bank President Paul Wolfowitz was a Fashion Don't in Turkey last weekend, when he slipped off his shoes during a mosque visit and revealed that both socks had holes. "I guess it just shows that I am not a typical banker," he told a Turkish reporter. Would you take fiscal advice from a man who won't spend $3 for new socks?

· Naysayers said it would never happen, but the Police will reunite at this year's Grammys, performing publicly for only the second time since the bitter 1984 breakup. (The band got together briefly at its Rock and Roll Hall of Fame induction in 2003.) The famed members -- singer Sting, drummer Stewart Copeland and guitarist Andy Summers-- will open the Feb. 11 broadcast and are expected to announce a concert tour later this year.

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