Matchmaker, matchmaker ... Marriage didn't match up with Chinese traditions
It was not love at first sight for my grandmother and grandfather. A matchmaker introduced them, and they married soon after. Even now, I have romantic notions that my grandparents fell so madly in love afterward that they remained happily married for more than 60 years. Such happy endings have always pointed to the matchmaker's success in uniting couples. That's why the Chinese, the Japanese and the Koreans continue to call on the matchmaker for arranged...

Matchmaker, matchmaker ... make me a match
LUCKILY for Adam and Eve, God was around to play matchmaker when Adam tired of the singles scene. These days, with 100 million singles in America, the likelihood of finding your soulmate is much better than in Adam's time. Still, you may wish for divine intervention.Fortunately, matchmaking, one of the world's oldest professions, is still around. And if you have the money to spend and are willing to put your heart in someone else's hands, you might find...

Striking `Matchmaker' Chemistry, charm fuel romantic comedy
THE MATCHMAKER (STAR) (STAR) (STAR) Marcy Janeane Garofalo Sean David O'Hara McGlory Jay O. Sanders Nick Denis Leary Dermot Milo O'Shea Directed by Mark Joffe. Running time: 96 minutes. Rated R (for language). Opening today at local theaters.I attempted once in a review to write that the Irish "have the gift of gab," and was reprimanded by an editor who told me this was an unwarranted and possibly offensive generalization...

HARRELL STAGES COMEDY, 'LITTLE MATCHMAKERS'
"Little Matchmakers" opened Friday night at Collierville's Harrell Performing Arts Theatre. A new play by local playwright Tom Horton, the show run through May 2 with shows Friday and Saturday at 8 p.m., Sunday matinees at 2:30 p.m."Little Matchmakers" is the story of the 12 Thurgood children who concoct a variety of schemes to protect their recently widowed mother from a succession of gold-digging suitors.Their zany plans...

Matchmaker, matchmaker ... make me a match
LUCKILY for Adam and Eve, God was around to play matchmaker when Adam tired of the singles scene. These days, with 100 million singles in America, the likelihood of finding your soulmate is much better than in Adam's time. Still, you may wish for divine intervention.Fortunately, matchmaking, one of the world's oldest professions, is still around. And if you have the money to spend and are willing to put your heart in someone else's hands, you might find...

Motion matchmaker
00-00-0000 Motion matchmaker Byline: Anonymous Volume: 75 Number: 15 Supplement: Special Supplement on Motion Control ISSN: 00249114 Publication Date: 08-07-2003 Page: S10 Section: Motion contro

Social Networking: M&A Matchmaker Gets Automated Help
Last year Edgeview Partners Inc., an investment-banking firm serving middle-market clients, did 18 deals. For each one, it contacted as few as five potential ...

Ford Plays Matchmaker; Dearborn's 2005 deadline drives Siemens-Yazaki JV
Ford Plays Matchmaker; Dearborn's 2005 deadline drives Siemens-Yazaki JV.

Matchmaker Charles Best puts donors in touch with classrooms
When Charles Best was a fledgling teacher at Wings Academy in the Bronx, he wanted to invite a former slave from Mauritania to talk to his history class, ...

Heavenly creatures: he's a bronzed, well-muscled adonis on the rise. She's a breathtaking vision of perfection at the top of her game. Here, W plays matchmaker
In the fashion business, careers are made overnight, ready or not. Take, for example, strapping young Travis Fimmel. The Australian newcomer and ...