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That realization became clear to me in the conversation I had before writing this piece. My friend told me how not so long ago in China, a bride about to get married would get carried on a sedan from her house to the house of her in-laws. The people paid to hold the bride ensured that her feet would not touch the ground, lest her soul wander between her former house and the house she hadn’t yet reached and never find a home...

Author: By Alina Voronov | Title: Feet Pointed Upward | 5/26/2010 | See Source »

...Festival of the Bells also welcomed the newly wedded Swanilda and Frantz in their closing pas de deux, a duet for a man and a woman. Kuranaga again demonstrated her versatility as an artist: the elegance and poise of a new bride took the place of the mischievous spirit she exuded in Dr. Coppélius’s workshop. Madrigal distinguished himself as a skilled partner, presenting Kuranaga with ease...

Author: By Alyssa A. Botelho, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Boston Ballet Imbues Coppélia with Spirit | 4/13/2010 | See Source »

...Adventure, his 1985 debut feature, Burton's signature films have dwelled in the realm of arrested infancy. When he hasn't adapted children's classics (Sleepy Hollow, Charlie and the Chocolate Factory), he's confected his own scary, sweet bedtime fables (Edward Scissorhands, The Nightmare Before Christmas, Corpse Bride). The typical hero of these films is a naïf who stumbles into a world that threatens or baffles him and whose armor against its denizens is his innocence. Granted, that's the plot of many children's books, from The Wonderful Wizard of Oz to The Lord of the Rings...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Tim Burton's Frabjous Alice | 3/15/2010 | See Source »

Kirkland House alumni include Facebook co-founder Mark E. Zuckerberg (formerly '06) and actor/screenwriter Wallace M. Shawn '65 (you probably know him from "The Princess Bride" and "Gossip Girl"). We're impressed—keep up the good work, Kirkland House alumni...

Author: By George T. Fournier, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Famous Alumni: Your House's Claim to Fame | 3/12/2010 | See Source »

...which consists of "five wives, a love child with the daughter of one of his political allies, a criminal trial for alleged rape of an HIV-positive woman and corruption charges." Not stopping there, the paper reported that Zuma had paid "a sort of tribal deposit on a future bride." (See pictures of South Africa...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: South Africa's Zuma vs. the Media in London | 3/4/2010 | See Source »

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