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The basic plot summary for Mickey Blue Eyes showed a lot of potential: mild-mannered English auctioneer gets sucked into the mob business of his future bride's family.
I was reminded of the challenge recently when a Chinese researcher explained that men in China today feel compelled to save in order to find a bride.
As it stands, 15 million girls per year – an average of 28 per minute – are married before they reach the age of 18.Girls may be forced to marry because they become pregnant, because of concerns about their security or their family’s honor, or because there is a financial transaction involved, such as a dowry or bride price.
After her creation in Hephaestus’s forge, Hermes escorted the ravishing young “woman” down to earth and presented her as a bride to Epimetheus.
A bride price or dowry can also be a much-needed windfall for desperate families.
We need those in authority to take the law more seriously, but change will happen fastest when communities recognize that the economic and social value of educating girls outweighs their bride price.
He could meet his bride seated majestically on the caparison of an elaborately decorated elephant, and she would look ravishing swathed and bejeweled in Indian finery.
The “bling-bling” president, as Sarkozy has been dubbed, can wear all the gold he wants and heap yet more diamonds on his bride.
He beholds his future wife’s face, anticipating his chance to kiss the bride.
She spoke from experience;Rosanna was a child bride, just like nearly half of all girls in her country.
Or will the oversupply of men result in more bride trafficking, sexual violence, and female suicides?
Individuals who officiate at child marriages or adults who take a child bride may violate the law, but the marriage itself would remain legal.
The damaging impact of active gender discrimination – such as bride burning and female infanticide – is clear.
The bridal videos that I was shown, with the sensuous dancing that the bride learns as part of what makes her a wonderful wife, and which she proudly displays for her bridegroom, suggested that sensuality was not alien to Muslim women.
She sat on mud floors and sandy village commons to hear from these communities about their issues and priorities, and she took on controversial and culturally sensitive subjects, such as female genital mutilation and bride burning.
Individuals who officiate at child marriages and adults who take a child bride should face severe penalties.
CHAPTER IION HIS WEDDING-DAY Levin, according to custom – the Princess and Dolly insisted on his strictly conforming to custom – did not see his bride, and dined at his hotel with three bachelors who happened to drop in.
Dolly had to return home to fetch her son, who, his hair oiled and curled, was to drive in the bride's carriage and hold an icon.
Every time the door creaked every one turned round, expecting to see the bride and bridegroom enter.
At first they expected the bride and bridegroom to enter at any moment, and attached no importance to the delay.
At length the delay became awkward, and the friends and relatives tried to look as if they were not thinking about the bride and bridegroom but were absorbed in their conversations.
More dead than alive!' people in the crowd were saying as Levin met his bride at the door and entered the church with her.
Levin saw no one and nothing; he did not take his eyes off his bride.
'How stupid people do become under these circumstances!' he went on, turning to Chirikov, when Levin with an absentminded glance at him moved off toward his bride.
'Take the bride's hand and lead her,' said the best man.
Some one stooped down to arrange the bride's veil.
He looked wearily and sadly at the bride and bridegroom, sighed, and disengaging his right hand from the vestments, held it up in blessing over the bridegroom, and then over the bride; only in his manner when he placed his fingers on Kitty's bowed head there was a shade of tenderness.
'Is it really true?' thought Levin, and glanced round at his bride.
Help is exactly what I need now!'When the deacon had finished the prayer for the Imperial family, the priest holding a book turned to the bride and bridegroom.
In the circle nearest the bride were her two sisters, Dolly the elder and the calm and beautiful Princess Lvova, who had come from abroad.
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