Rebecca Mead author of One Perfect Day: The Selling of the American Wedding reports that the average wedding in the U.S. has 43 vendors involved.

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Rule number one for the perfect day in Boston: do not even think about driving a car around here.

BBC: A perfect day in Boston

Cornish seas have been known to change from as calm as a lake one day to a perfect storm the next.

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She works as a music teacher, was named BBC Radio 2 Young Musician of the Year in 1996 and performed on the 1997 BBC charity single Perfect Day, which reached number one.

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Scientists have stored audio and text on fragments of DNA and then retrieved them with near-perfect fidelity a technique that one day may provide a new way to handle the overwhelming data of the digital age.

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"To go 2-0 up on day one is obviously a perfect start but I had every confidence James could win that match, " he said.

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No one can plan and execute the perfect day for you, though they will insist that it is absolutely imperative that you join them in whatever it is that they think will make it perfect for them.

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Complete this perfect day with an in-suite, one-hour couples Swedish massage.

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Give Stewart the edge in one area, though: He picked a perfect, crisp autumn day for it.

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India enjoyed a perfect start to the day, advancing a solid overnight position of 311-5 to a virtually impregnable one of 422-5 soon after lunch.

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