Word: brides
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Thus was born The Incredibles, a fantasy rooted in familiar family angst. The town has turned against superheroes--in part because of rising insurance premiums from unwanted rescues--so Mr. Incredible (voiced by Craig T. Nelson), his bride Elastigirl (Holly Hunter) and their kids Violet (Sarah Vowell) and Dash (Spencer Fox) have gone into some witless protection program. The Parrs, as they are known, now endure a subpar life. Dash is punished at school for flashing his gift of meta-speed. Violet, who can disappear, is invisible to the boy she adores. Mom, now called Helen, copes with raising...
Advice for when your daughter expects you to provide a lavish wedding and reasons why parents of the bride shouldn't always get stuck with the bill...
...Marriage has changed more in the past 30 years than in the previous 3,000," says historian Stephanie Coontz, author of a forthcoming history of marriage, to be published by Viking Penguin in May 2005. The tradition of the bride's parents' financing the nuptials, she notes, derives from the old dowry system, in which parents were essentially reimbursing the husband or his family for agreeing to take on the task of supporting their daughter...
...more immortal than mere reportage, "The Jungle" retains its power to shock thanks to the artistry of the novel's characterization and cracking plot. It stars Jurgis Rudkus, a Lithuanian bear of a man who, at the novel's beginning, has just arrived in America and taken a young bride. Filled with hope and ambition he starts a job as a laborer in a packinghouse and puts a down payment on a house. Thereafter Jurgis endures a nearly endless stream of misfortune, exploitation, and pain that gives lie to the fantasy of the Happy Immigrant. From the horror...
Heller, not being the Bride Magazine type, opted for a small marriage ceremony at a Cranford, N.J., courthouse. A man lounging in shorts and munching on a Snickers bar also witnessed the ceremony—unlike the other haunters of the violations bureau, he hadn’t mustered the tact to scoot away from the group of friends and family...