Word: bridegrooms
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...theme has ever been taken by a war novelist. The soldier, Andreas, is a kind of displaced poet in uniform. From the moment his leave-train begins puffing towards Przemysl one autumn day in 1943, Andreas is haunted by the irrational idea that he is a bridegroom of death being rushed into one of destiny's shotgun weddings. As the car wheels click, he blows a mental farewell kiss to a field of flowers, a scrap of music, a patch of sky. In Author Böll's deftly understated handling, all that might be mawkishly sentimental...
...Cairo's twilight sky. He falls recklessly in love with a raven-haired Coptic 16-year-old named Aziza. Their furtive courtship gives Author Schiemer a chance to explore Egyptian domestic customs from cuisine to boudoir. One custom: the exhibiting of the wedding-night bedsheet to the bridegroom's parents as proof of the bride's virginity...
Faced with their youngsters' firm determination to marry whom they wish, many Japanese parents tend to bow to the inevitable, masking their parental pride behind a face-saving ritual in which the already-well-acquainted couple are formally introduced to each other. Many an urban bridegroom has a new respect for his prize. At Meiji Hall last week, one busy girl marriage clerk noted with satisfaction that nine out of every ten grooms let their brides step into the marriage limousine before them...
...elaborate white wedding was held in a 13th century church in Much Hadham, and a guard of honor formed by the men of his squadron was on hand to line the way as Townsend came out with his bride. "I hope this doesn't mean," smiled the bridegroom, eying the turnout, "that the planes are being neglected...
India's high courts had differed as to when marriage became complete and inviolable. Some judges said that betrothal, i.e., agreement between the parents, made Hindu marriage irrevocable. Other judges held that the tying of the sacred thread around the bride's neck by the bridegroom was the deciding factor, while some courts held that union became indissoluble only after the first night of nuptials. The new bill says that marriage may be solemnized in any form the parties may choose, but it is not complete and binding until each party says in the presence of a government...