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WEDDING OF STRANGERS


A wedding between two strangers who met for the first time when they

exchanged marital vows during a peak-time radio broadcast has come in

for widespread (1) ............................. . Carla Germaine and Greg Cordell
            CRITIC

were married after winning each other in a 'lonely hearts' competition

organized by BRMB radio station. The service, perhaps (2) .........................,
          SURPRISE

attracted the highest ratings figures of the year.

The model and the salesman were (3) ............................ of their critics and
  DISMISS

say they have made a serious (4) ............................... to make their marriage
COMMIT

work. 'Everyone seems to have the (5) ............................ that we will split up,
             EXPECT

but we're going to prove them wrong,' Cordell said (6) ................................
.            DEFY

The couple were selected from 200 (7) ............................. candidates by a panel
         HOPE

including (8) .......................... counsellors and an astrologer. As well as each
  RELATE

other, they won a free honeymoon in the Bahamas, a sports car and a luxury

two-bedroom apartment.