Among them teenage pregnancies are rare and often followed by marriage, sometimes at the point of a metaphorical shotgun.
The settlers formed an aristocracy, but it was one which educated indigenous people could join, by talent or by marriage.
Born on the fringe of the Virginian planter aristocracy, George Washington became a grandee by marriage, proprietor of thousands of acres and master of hundreds of slaves.
An American, he was related both by background and by marriage to the country he was writing about, and he covered the war from the beginning, at times with a Serb price on his head.
Illuminated manuscripts provided the ideal portable art form for a peripatetic court that moved regularly from its base in Dijon up through the Low Countries it had absorbed by marriage and conquest in the late 14th century.
Already their numbers have been decimated by marriage and migration. (Some 40, 000 Macanese now live abroad.) They and their once-graceful port at the mouth of the Pearl River will have a hard time maintaining a distinct identity under mainland rule.
Tahir, who is also now qualified by marriage to play for South Africa, claimed 96 first-class wickets for Hampshire during two seasons at the Rose Bowl - 44 of those coming in just seven matches in 2008 as he helped them avoid relegation.
But the gender characteristics of voter patterns were nearly canceled out by the marriage gap.
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Before then, Grandage will direct Evita on Broadway, followed by the Marriage of Figaro at Glyndebourne, and Red in Los Angeles.
Once promising partners are identified, they are often vetted by traditional marriage-brokers.
He reckons that the only way Japanese women can manage their difficult lives is by postponing marriage and having fewer, if any, children.
Some 200 journalists have been accredited to cover the wedding, many from overseas, signaling the global interest in the social landmark represented by the marriage.
The couple is still happily hitched, a fact that has led to their naming as the "longest married couple" in the U.S. for 2013 by Worldwide Marriage Encounter, a Christian marriage group based in San Bernardino, Calif.
He spoke before the Commons approved same-sex marriage in England and Wales by voting for the Marriage (Same Sex Couples) Bill, by a majority of 225.
But the federal Defense of Marriage Act signed by President Clinton defines marriage as between a man and a woman.
The tax relief package honors marriage and family by reducing the unfair marriage penalty and doubling the credit for children.
The NSPCC says the practice has no medical benefits but is motivated by cultural beliefs about preparing a girl for adulthood and marriage by making her "clean, chaste and faithful".
Perhaps, I suggested, some women are traumatised by being abducted and forced into marriage or by losing their children?
As one put it, civil unions really are marriage by another name, so fairness would dictate that they be called marriage.
Chief Justice Roberts suggested he might agree that an important part of the institution of marriage was the ability to have children, an argument made by gay-marriage opponents.
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That's the message being given by the Emirates Marriage Fund, which is trying to curb the practise of lavish weddings by its own nationals in this Gulf state.
The report recommended sponsors should be interviewed by officials whenever there is a suspicion of forced marriage, by a GP or another third party.
Kerry is married to Teresa Heinz Kerry and has two daughters by a previous marriage.
At present, he is working for the elimination of child marriage by the year 2030.
Among the issues raised by the gay marriage debate is tax equality.
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Activist judges, however, have begun redefining marriage by court order, without regard for the will of the people and their elected representatives.
Jessica was not named in the will, which was dated March 30, 2004 and predated their marriage by more than five years.
All the funeral details, he added, were worked out with Nicoletta Mantovani, Pavaroti's second wife, and his three daughters by his previous marriage.
The coalition government is committed to legislating on gay marriage by the 2015 general election and a Bill is expected to be tabled in January.
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