Word: bridegroom
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: all
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...That is how Roz, a brassy CEO, and her 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...
...some ways, the novel is similar to the Grimm fairy tale, "The Robber Bridegroom," with the exception that the gender of the main character is changed, Atwood said...
...Robber Bridegroom," the protagonist appears to be a perfect gentleman, but in reality, he is a cannibal who preys upon innocent young maidens. How does this translate with a female character? Atwood answers that you must read to find...
...Canada's Kurt Browning, a level-headed and energetic three-time world champion. But a disastrous tumble early in his short program effectively took Browning out of gold-medal contention, throwing the field open to a crop of skaters who have been perennial best men but never the bridegroom. The suspense was compounded by a rash of injuries that threatened to derail not only Browning's medal hopes but also those of his two main rivals, Victor Petrenko of the former Soviet Union and Todd Eldredge of the U.S. In the end, Petrenko capitalized on difficult jumps to take...
After his chat with the soon-to-be newlywed, Cleary went home for the weekend, thinking about Tomassoni as a possible assistant. While Cleary says now that he does not remember Tomassoni as a Rensselaer player, Morrison's recommendation--combined with a call from a bridegroom--intrigued...