Word: marier
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This busy cupid has become so popular that a Swiss radio station broadcast an Alexandrine in his honor the other day: "Si tu veux te marier, va trouver René." Bouvet appreciated the sentiment but not the publicity; the French Ministry of Justice could fine him $5.50 for every marriage pronounced without posting of bans. Thus, when five couples seeking marriage turned up in Novel last week, they found that Monsieur le maire was not in a marrying mood. "My husband is all worn out, so he has gone to Switzerland to lie in a sauna," said his wife...