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Wednesday, December 28, 2005 12:00 AM

Special delivery for mail-order brides

Violence Against Women Act now aims to prevent abuse by their American husbands-to-be.
Lynn Harris

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  • Thursday, December 29, 2005 11:13 AM

    you get what you pay for

    >>>They are about to be living with a mercenary -- a woman who marries a stranger for economic improvement. >>>

    You act as if these men are forced to buy wives. If a mercenary wife who married a stranger for economic improvement is as bad as you say, why do the men choose to marry them?

    —cosmicmojo

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