Hoping for Luck, Couples Go for Triple-7 Weddings
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LAS VEGAS, July 7 -- Hundreds hoping to be lucky in love poured into Las Vegas wedding chapels Saturday to tie the knot on 7/7/07, a date with auspicious associations.
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Whereas once they might have been delighted with a cotton pillowcase or humble cutlery, modern couples about to get married now ask wedding guests for luxuries such as plasma-screen televisions.
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Daphne Chaniz-Rico had picked out her dress, put down a deposit on a country club for her reception, and reserved a photographer. All she was lacking for her July wedding was one groom.
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Las Vegas was the place to be on 7/7/07, and a TIME photographer captured couples tying the knot on a day of luck
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For lovebirds nesting in the upper branches of the socioeconomic tree, weddings have become a way to trade your marquee appeal for free or discounted favors.
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Belying  the   over-enthusiastic   reports  of  a marriage date for
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Vanessa Antrobus Quinn was meeting her husband at a jewelry store to pick out the wedding ring they couldn't afford when they got married. A.J. Walker and his dad were buying Valentine's Day cards for their family. Teresa Ellis was celebrating a bonus she'd gotten at work.
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Plan a big, fat cheap wedding, and start your coupling with extra cash, not debt.
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Prince Charles may have been unlucky in love in the past, but if Hong Kong's famed fortune tellers are anything to go by, his marriage to Camilla Parker Bowles will be a great success.
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It's almost June, which means we should soon start to hear the peal of wedding bells.
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This will be the singer's third marriage.
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Married, but still looking, sort of.
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More than 25 percent of married couples in Briton have lost one or both of their wedding rings since tying the knot, according to a survey released.
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A couple's chances of receiving IVF treatment on the NHS are down to a &quot;postcode lottery&quot;, according to a report.
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New Jersey-based bridal fashion magazine, Bibi Magazine recently held an event called The Bibi Sexy Seven.
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Will the private couple let the public help them celebrate?
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As performers, the couple knew that show business relationships were more notable for their drama than for their longevity. Yet, they are betting that theirs will be a long run.