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...that I've finally seen my daughter through college, she and her fiancé are working and saving for their wedding. She has always been traditional, and now she wants a big affair with all the trimmings. I've offered her $5,000, which is a lot of money to me as a single woman. Her father, who's remarried with kids, is matching that amount, but he's doing it behind his wife's back. Whose responsibility is it these days to pay for a child's wedding? My daughter feels cheated because her half sisters have been given lavish...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Ask Francine | 10/18/2004 | See Source »

...says 95% of the formal weddings she handled last year were paid for by the couple themselves. Often the engaged pair do this so they can have the kind of ceremony they want instead of what somebody's mother dictates. They pay, they choose--whether it's an intimate affair or a blowout event like the one your daughter envisions...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Ask Francine | 10/18/2004 | See Source »

...Stanley Tucci), a co-worker of Clark’s who secretly dons sequins and a shaggy wig to become a frenetic mambo dancer. As Mr. Clark and his two-stepping entourage spend their evenings preparing for an amateur competition, his wife suspects that he might be having an affair and hires a private detective (Richard Jenkins) to track him down...

Author: By Nathan J. Heller, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Film Review | 10/15/2004 | See Source »

Susan Sarandon alone seems determined not to play her role as a caricature and stands head and shoulders above the rest of the cast as a result. It’s not surprising that her character seems the most genuine: when the possibility of an affair disappears, Mrs. Clark is pretty nonplussed by her husband’s sashaying shenanigans and never quite understands what all the fuss is about...

Author: By Nathan J. Heller, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Film Review | 10/15/2004 | See Source »

...disc could have easily been a lighter and more pleasant affair had the band not taken such a deeply self-serious attitude. Somewhere in between listing their songs alphabetically rather than in track order on the front cover and recording with the Slovak Radio Orchestra, they forgot to endow their music with any sign of levity or vivacity. The end result is a 53-minute lull, as sleep-inducing and unpalatable as warm milk...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: NEW MUSIC | 10/15/2004 | See Source »

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