Lawyers and judges have difficulty figuring out whether the elder is so impaired that the romance is someone taking advantage or the romance is a legitimate choice for a lonely elder to make in his later years.

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It is hard to divine the purpose behind this pastiche: is the director, Peyton Reed, making sport of the innocent froth that passed for romance in a more innocent era, or is he aiming to revive it as a straight exercise in retro style?

NEWYORKER: Down with Love

She is watching the same TV show that he is (whiskey half drained on his coffee table, Chinese takeout in his lap), and although this fact assures us of a destined romance, it is not so useful for the people on the screen.

NEWYORKER: The Disconnect

Twilight, the story of a passionate romance between a mortal girl and an enigmatic vampire, is also nominated for best female for star Kristen Stewart, best fight and best song - for Paramore's Decode.

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There are many flattering things to say about Buenos Aires, not the least of which is that it is rightly considered the Paris of South America for its architecture, cafe culture and romance.

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Romance is snuffed out because, within the class that Wharton knew, marrying well rather than for love was de rigueur.

ECONOMIST: All that glitters

The high-drama romance between the hearing Bay and the deaf Emmett is currently the centerpiece of the show, for good reason: Berdy, in particular, has a James Dean charisma that breaks open every scene.

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