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GENTLE READER: How many times has Miss Manners said that . . . for the bridal couple or the guests to consider a wedding invitation as a solicitation for dry goods is in disgusting taste...
...Princess Grace [Sept. 27] rankled. One sought the tender word to soothe but found instead such derisive phrases as "princess of an amusement park" and "suppressed clucks" in reference to her restrained but motherly defense of her children. And why describe 15,000 carnations as being "dumped" on her bridal yacht from a plane when the word showered would have been more...
...keep up suspense and excitement and to encourage more people to attend, the names of the bride and groom were not announced before the ceremony. Only after the stag party and bridal shower did the organizers of the $240 gals inform the bride and groom privately of their respective roles. The Stanford Daily reported recently...
...growing up, and by the end of the movie you get the firm impression that there's a lot less getting by the guys. In the final scene, when Eddie and his girlfriend finally do get married, owing to her prodigious performance on the football trivia quiz, the bridal bouquet falls on the table where the guys are sitting. The ending is just the right bit upbeat. These guys are going to grow up; they'll somehow make it out of this world all right. Just look at what happened to Barry Levinson--he got out and made...
...title story of that collection leads off this regathering of many of the author's best-known works, including The Long Road to Ummera, The Bridal Night and My Oedipus Complex, one of the most amusing pieces ever written about a small boy's anger over having to share his mother with her husband. Guests of the Nation suppresses anger with a disillusionment that teeters on mawkishness. Belcher and Awkins are two British soldiers who have become rather friendly with their Irish nationalist captors. The order to execute the pair is carried out with misgivings, especially since...