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In Pursuit of Peace:
Crisis Group 2010 Award Dinner
Celebrating Our 15th Anniversary &
Honoring George Soros
Event Details
Date: Tuesday, December 7, 2010
Program: 6:30 pm Reception and 7:30 pm Dinner
Location: The Pierre, 2 East 61st Street, New York City
Master of Ceremonies: Fareed Zakaria
Host, CNN's Fareed Zakaria GPS
Musical Performance: Diana Krall & Elvis Costello
Dinner Chairs:
Frank Giustra
Paul Tudor Jones II
Honorary Chairs:
Madeleine Albright
Former United States Secretary of State
Kofi Annan
Former Secretary-General of the United Nations
Václav Havel
Former President of the Czech Republic
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"By the time the star attraction, Elvis Costello, hit the stage, most of the diplomatic crowd was already starting to leave. "You look like a real rock and roll crowd," Costello said as he looked out at the thinning audience, before doing a solo rendition of his war classic, "Shipbuilding," which recounts the tale of British ship-workers preparing to build a new fleet of war ships for a coming battle."
"By the time the star attraction, Elvis Costello, hit the stage, most of the diplomatic crowd was already starting to leave. "You look like a real rock and roll crowd," Costello said as he looked out at the thinning audience, before doing a solo rendition of his war classic, "Shipbuilding," which recounts the tale of British ship-workers preparing to build a new fleet of war ships for a coming battle."