1.   That husband and wife have seemingly diametric personalities, but somehow their marriage works.

2.   And good Catholic girls made their marriages work!

3.   And when those marriages do not work, a divorce may become final before one of the parties realizes that the other has called it quits.

4.   A number of couples share the concerns of researchers, but demonstrate that good marriages can work, even in retirement.

5.   Academics could study marriage again to provide a better understanding of what makes marriages work.

6.   After two years, couples ought to know enough about one another to know if a marriage will work.

7.   But what are the chances that these modern marriages will work?

8.   If you want your marriage to work, chucking it all should be your last resort.

9.   If the marriage was working like it was supposed to -- a loving relationship between spouses as parents and helpmates -- who would choose to be a single parent?

10.   It took her that long, she says, to abandon the notion that good people can make bad marriages work.