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FATHER OF THE BRIDE...
...surface, Father of the Bride is a parable for the New Depression, in which a middle-class family is expected to pony up $100,000 or so in lieu of letting a young couple elope. At heart, though, the story is about the deep, complex, poignant love a man has for his daughter: it's the Lolita syndrome without the lust but with every bit of the doting possessiveness. Annie's budding maturity means that George can no longer even pretend he is young; her engagement is a renunciation of their old flirtatious bond. "I was no longer...
...Desert Storm. A land-mine explosion left him with a shattered left arm, a broken leg and a collapsed lung. Last week Prince Bandar bin Sultan, the Saudi Arabian ambassador to the U.S., gave quite a bit in return: $100,000, as a wedding gift to Snow and his bride Karin Pajor...
...rarely used: Sunday services, an occasional High Holy Day, a Commencement service or two and not much else. Why not exploit all the downtime by making it a quickie-wedding haven? Install a few theme chapels. Hire a few more reverends and rabbis and start advertising in Modern Bride...
...place the Big Easy or pronounced its name "N'Awlins." The late 19th century writer Lafcadio Hearn rhapsodized about the city's sensuality -- "her nights of magical moonlight, and her days of dreamy languors and perfumes." He was even moved to compare its delicious decadence to "a dead bride crowned with orange flowers -- a dead face that asked for a kiss." Actually, the place is a lot livelier than that. It is a seething agglomeration of jazz halls, Zydeco joints, R.-and-B. clubs, great restaurants, all-night bars -- and, of course, Mardi Gras. Where else would a city...