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...terrible twins compromise to make their bedtime stories more acceptable. "They opt for women in every role," even if this means making life for these heroines more complex or uncomfortable. For instance, when playing their own version of "The Robber Bridegroom," "they dress their Barbie dolls up [in bridal clothes and] hurl the brides over the stair railings or drown them in the bathtub." But while the dolls effortlessly return to life, the people in the novel, like the three pigs in the twin's version of the classic children's tale, tend to "get boiled." Atwood's comic parallels...

Author: By Ann M. Mikkelsen, | Title: Fairy Tales Unbridled | 12/2/1993 | See Source »

...hope you can tell us what is the proper etiquette when there are plenty of leftovers from the sweet table at a reception. I say you should eat what you want and take home any leftovers . . ." Miss Manners replies, "What did you have in mind here? Tapping the bridal couple on the shoulders during their last dance and asking them if you could run off with their food?" How Important? 1 How Pathetic? 4 The unsigned letter conjures up the alarming image of an ogre in an ill-fitting tux trying to stuff just one more petit-fours...

Author: By Dante E. A. ramos, | Title: Deconstructing Miss Manners | 2/20/1992 | See Source »

...months and were watching an adult film at their New York City apartment, when Tara kiddingly suggested, "Why don't we make our own?" Two months later, after consultation with a therapist, the pair re-created their wedding night on camera. Joe wore his tuxedo, Tara her bridal gown -- at least initially...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Behavior: Sex Lives and Videotape | 10/29/1990 | See Source »

...muddy labyrinth of trenches and bunkers 100 miles south, where some 500 Karen soldiers have been trapped in battle for months with the Burmese army, the men are high-minded. The only pinups on the walls are chaste photographs torn from Thai mail-order catalogs of ladies in bridal gowns and taffeta tea dresses...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Burma Junior Rambos | 6/18/1990 | See Source »

Meserve says she also recalls an ART bridal shower held in the costume shop that ran over, disrupting HRDC time in the shop...

Author: By Philip P. Pan, | Title: Students and Professionals Learn to Share The Loeb Drama Center | 4/20/1990 | See Source »

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