Word: feted
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...another embarrassing needle stuck into De Michelis, who has become something of a political pincushion. The Socialist politician started out badly last year when he was the lone European Foreign Minister to attend a political fete thrown by Muammar Gaddafi -- and was then snubbed by the Libyan leader...
...most important I can recall is the sense of maturity and propriety Harvard taught me. I learned how to act in social situations, and even more how not to act. If I hadn't already learned at home and in high school, perhaps it was the Eliot Spring Fete, the Hasty Pudding Ball, various faculty dinners or master's open houses that somehow taught me along the way what was socially correct behavior and what was inappropriate and rude. Evidently, a certain portion of the Harvard undergraduate population has yet to learn these lessons...