Snowe is also hosting a dinner for Raye today at La Colline restaurant on Capitol Hill.

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And with our young girls over these past few months, we've studied the history and protocol that go into hosting a state dinner.

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The Alliance is hosting a gala dinner focused on fostering economic, cultural, and diplomatic exchange and understanding between the American and Azeri peoples.

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And I look forward to hosting these four leaders at a private working dinner at the White House tonight.

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Kidder, however, has already moved on to preparations for a dinner for three that Smith is hosting in the sitting room.

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In high school Purkayastha started a food club--called the Students for the Promotion of Exotic Culinary Experimentation--and began hosting dinner parties that featured colorful fare like duck, live sea urchin, escargot and reindeer.

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