Article: Hurry up and date; Event pairs busy singles in 3-minute rounds.(NATION)(CULTURE, ET CETERA)

Byline: Amaris Elliott-Engel and Jessica Peterson, THE WASHINGTON TIMES

"Boy meets girl" has become "boy meets girl and girl and girl" in the current fad of "speed dating," or a night of serial blind dating.

Although the process allows busy singles - for a price - to meet several eligible dates in one night, it has been criticized by some as too fast-paced for making meaningful connections.

Nevertheless, during one recent evening at Donna's, a bar in St. Gregory's Hotel on M Street in the District, 93 singles plunked down $30 each to give HurryDate a try. The New York-based company has expanded its speed-dating events to 16 cities in the United ...

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