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novella entitled Fast and Loose, a story about manners that mocks high society. 
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after the war, to receive an honorary doctorate degree from Yale University in 
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concluded in 1931. [DOC] [TLE] Honorary Degrees | Office of the Secretary and Vice President for ... [PAR] Currently, the honorary degrees awarded annually at the University's 
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York ... in 1921 for The Age of Innocence , and an honorary degree from Yale in 
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would be several ..... three honorary degrees conferred on Clemens in his last 
yearsfrom Yale... [DOC] [TLE] 11 awarded honorary degrees: | Harvard Gazette [PAR] Jun 5, 2003 ... Nine men and two women will receive honorary degrees in Harvard's ... He 
received the National Medal in Science, the first social science Award of ... 
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Question: In 1923 this woman known for novels of high society became the first to get an honorary degree from Yale
Answer: Edith Wharton