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The decision to give a mouth-blown glass bowl to the Queen during her 2002 visit to B.C. - a stained-glass window created in her honour remained at the legislature - was the result of a calculation of what a royal family member warrants.
But the gift-giving has not gone one way. One document on "protocol gifts received," says President Hu of China gave a hand-blown glass vase, Governor Schwarzenegger gave a brass bear figure on a base, Mr. Fox gave a wooden box, and Alaskan Governor Sarah Palin, a pen.
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