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...only were the Japanese status conscious, but they were also very concerned with protocol. Frusztajer recalls meeting a local girl who spoke some English and he asked his host father if he could visit with her on a platonic basis. Although his host father always gave him permission to visit with the girl, one day Frusztajer said he could not see her anymore because she had acted improperly in not asking the family if she could borrow their American guest. "I thought I was being the perfect guest, but I guess I insulted the family by implying that their company...
Ironically, Murphy's trip, which exhibits more than a requisite respect for protocol and humility, may lead to as few tangible results as Steiner's, even if for entirely opposite reasons. The lesson form Murphy's visit could well be that the nation is too unstable and the goals of a Harvard-sponsored program too dubious to support any Ed School program other than a very small one, or one entirely based in America. But, hoping this not to be the case, we anxiously await hearing the report of one Harvard administrator who appears finally to have made the right...
...harsh enough insult. When South African State President P.W. Botha paid a "private visit" to France last week, he was greeted at Orly Airport not by Premier Jacques Chirac, as diplomatic practice would normally dictate, but by the Foreign Ministry's chief of protocol. Chirac explained the snub by saying that any contact with Botha "would be considered a breach of solidarity with our African friends...
...students met at the Cabot Science Center and were taken across the street to the Gund Hall courtyard. Before the Prince arrived, a representative from the British consulate briefed the students on royal protocol...
...following examination, the Prince Charles Aptitude Test (PCAT), should help you determine whether you meet the official minimum protocol standards...