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  • Then there are older, sometimes second-time brides and grooms with the wisdom of past relationships under their garter belts who are eager to get other milestones, like baby-making, going.

    Short engagements: Like Will, Kate, why wait? 2011

  • And French entertainment industry minister Christine Albanel, “foresees cutting 1,000 Internet connections every day and sending 13,000 warnings to first - or second-time offenders,” says AP.

    King Nicolas Sarkozy of France 2009

  • Looking for second-time love when children are a first priority is a challenge.

    Online dating leaves middle-aged women in 'single wilderness' 2011

  • Most advice for the second-time mom is limited to tips on how to make time for your older child when the baby arrives.

    Chicken Soup for the Soul: New Moms Jack Canfield 2011

  • Five hundred and seventy years later Frankfurt-am-Main, on October 5, 2010, found publishers from across the globe "in buoyant mood," according to London's Guardian newspaper last week -- having banished 2009's "mood of austerity," and busy toasting Alfred Knopf's advance of $2.5 million to a second-time Indian novelist Kiran Desai.

    Nigel Hamilton: Apocalypse in Print Nigel Hamilton 2010

  • In 2008, the Louisiana Legislature passed a new creationism law, making us second-time offenders.

    Michael Zimmerman, Ph.D.: How You Can Join The Fight Against Creationism In Louisiana Ph.D. Michael Zimmerman 2011

  • The dollar amount attached to the fine was likely influenced by the fact that Ryan is a second-time offender.

    The Cost of Yelling at a Fan: $75,000 Chris Herring 2011

  • England coach Andy Flower believes that Paul Collingwood will be a better captain second-time around when he leads the Twenty20 side

    Battling and brave: Paul Collingwood retires from Test cricket 2011

  • Five hundred and seventy years later Frankfurt-am-Main, on October 5, 2010, found publishers from across the globe "in buoyant mood," according to London's Guardian newspaper last week -- having banished 2009's "mood of austerity," and busy toasting Alfred Knopf's advance of $2.5 million to a second-time Indian novelist Kiran Desai.

    Nigel Hamilton: Apocalypse in Print Nigel Hamilton 2010

  • Five hundred and seventy years later Frankfurt-am-Main, on October 5, 2010, found publishers from across the globe "in buoyant mood," according to London's Guardian newspaper last week -- having banished 2009's "mood of austerity," and busy toasting Alfred Knopf's advance of $2.5 million to a second-time Indian novelist Kiran Desai.

    Nigel Hamilton: Apocalypse in Print Nigel Hamilton 2010

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