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• s  requiring white ties and tailcoats for men
  a white-tie occasion

• The Zantzingers set out for a gay social evening of dancing at Baltimore's annual Spinsters' Ball, a white-tie affair in which passed-over postdebutantes in their late 20s take .
• Two years before Barack Obama was elected President, Emanuel jokingly noted as much in a speech at Washington's annual white-tie Gridiron Club dinner: "Senator Obama and I don't .
• Later that evening, at a white-tie dance in a Baltimore hotel, he used the cane again on a Negro bellhop and a Negro waitress.

News & Articles

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• Kate Middleton Wears a Tiara Fit For a Queen
  Source: Jesal/Tanna Kate Middleton wore a gorgeous diamond tiara in London tonight for the annual white-tie diplomatic reception at Buckingham Palace. The queen, Prince William, and Kate welcomed representatives from 172 different countries gathered in the ballroom. The high-profile and ceremonial event surely acts as training for the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge, who will someday be king and ...
  Dec. 3, 2013 - PopSugar

Quotes

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• President Bush in Forbes
  We thought if we ever were going to have a white-tie dinner, this was going to be it,Mrs. Bush said.
• Laura Bush in New York Times
  We thought if we were ever going to have a white-tie event,Mrs. Bush said, "this would be the one."