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Queen Elizabeth II toasts President George W. Bush after remarks at the start of a State Dinner for the British monarch and her husband Prince Philip at the White House. (Saul Loeb/AFP/Getty Images)

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How important is it for politicians to embrace social ceremony? Judith Martin, otherwise known as Miss Manners, has the answer. She shared her ideas during a recent conversation at the John F. Kennedy Library in Boston.

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