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How can you find a list of romance authors online?

The Romance Writers of America provides author lists focused on its members. From the organization's homepage, click the Romance Genre tab on the top navigation bar. Select Romance Authors inside the In This Section box to view a list of all romance authors registered as Romance Writers of America members. Alternately, choose Honor Roll to see members mentioned in one or more prestigious lists, including the New York Times top 25, the Publishers Weekly top 10 or the USA Today top 50.\nAmazon's list targets authors selling print or electronic books through its site. From the Amazon ma..

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What are some facts that can be included in a "Saved by the Bell" quiz?

"Saved by the Bell" was a revised version of "Good Morning, Miss Bliss," which aired for one season on the Disney Channel after NBC passed on the original series pilot. Disney reused the original "Saved by the Bell" set in such series as "That's So Raven" and "iCarly." The "Saved by the Bell" creative team rearranged furniture in Bayside High School's one room to give the impression of multiple spaces.\nAlthough there is an actual Bayside High School in New York City, the Bayside High in "Saved by the Bell" was originally set in Indiana before moving to California after the title of ..

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What are some good fairy tales for kids?

Grimm's Fairy Tales is a collection of classics. It features Hansel and Gretel, Rapunzel, Cinderella and many other mainstays of modern fairy tales. Aladdin is an engaging story about a man who finds a magic lamp. Beauty and the Beast is a tale which utilizes the idea of why it is wrong to judge solely by appearances. The Boy Who Cried Wolf is a Russian fairy tale can be used to teach children about the dangers of telling lies.

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How do you access articles from MONEY magazine?

In order to access articles from Money magazine:Access the menu from the websiteAfter navigating to the Money magazine portion of the Time website, click on the menu icon on the top left of the page. The menu option provides the featured article categories such as retirement, careers, investing and more. The menu is the online magazine's table of contents and articles from correlating categories can be viewed by selecting from the drop-down list.Use the search featureTo view a specific article online, click the search icon and type the keywords into the text box. Keywords can be a specifi..

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What are the most popular colors on a Pantone color chart?

Additonal popular colors for Spring 2015 are Strawberry Ice (16-1720), Tangerine (15-1247), Custard (13-0720), Marsala (18-1438), Glacier Grey (14-4102), Dusk Blue (14-4120), Treetop (18-0135), Woodbine (18-0538), Sandstone (16-1328), Titanium (17-4014) and Lavender Herb (16-3310). Pantone gave this collection of popular colors the title "En Plein Air" because the color scheme fuses pastels with earth tones. The company issues a seasonal report of colors trending in the fashion and culture.

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What is the show West Coast Customs about?

West Coast Customs is a custom car company based out of Burbank, California. The company was founded by Ryan Friedlinghaus in 1993 and is known for customizing cars for celebrity clients, an activity that the show of the same name commonly features.\nThe first four seasons of MTV's "Pimp My Ride" were filmed at West Coast Customs. The company was also featured on TLC's "Street Customs" and Velocity's "Inside West Coast Customs." The company's operations have expanded to a 60,000-square-foot headquarter space in Burbank, and the company owns additional facilities in Dubai, M..

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What are some topics covered on "The Martha Stewart Show"?

"Martha" was produced by Martha Stewart's production company, Martha Stewart Living Omnimedia Productions. The show featured do-it-yourself advice and home decor projects, as well as arts and crafts. Martha Stewart hosted and demonstrated cooking techniques and recipes. Each episode had a theme, such as food from a specific country or seasonal sweets. Cooking, baking and craft projects often involved celebrity chefs, authors and other guest stars.\nA new show, "Martha Stewart's Cooking School," began airing on PBS stations in 2012, inspired by Martha Stewart's cookbook of the sa..

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What does Jordan tell Nick about Daisy, Gatsby and Tom?

Jordan provides Nick with several details about the relationships between Daisy, Tom and Jay. Before Daisy married Tom, she was a beautiful girl in Louisville, Ky., admired by many young soldiers. Daisy fell in love with Lieutenant Jay Gatsby, who was stationed at the base near her home. Though she married Tom after Gatsby left for the war, Daisy drank herself into numbness the night before her wedding after receiving a letter from Gatsby.

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Where does the quote "Stay gold, Ponyboy" originate?

In the novel, this line is a callback to an earlier conversation, when Ponyboy recites the poem "Nothing Gold Can Stay" by Robert Frost. This poem reflects both Ponyboy's innocence and the ephemerality of a happier time in the boys' lives.\nThe quote became more well-known in popular culture following the 1983 movie version of "The Outsiders." Ralph Macchio, in one of his earliest film roles, utters the line "Stay gold, Ponyboy" to C. Thomas Howell.

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How much is the 'Mona Lisa' worth today?

The "Mona Lisa" is thought to be the greatest treasure of the Renaissance art movement. The portrait's subject, Lisa Gherardini, was the wife of a wealthy silk merchant from Florence. Leonardo da Vinci spent almost 20 years perfecting the piece of art and obsessing over the position of Lisa's hands.\nMona Lisa is called La Jaconde in France and La Gioconda in Italy. At the Louvre, the painting is safely housed behind non-reflective glass in a temperature-controlled security box.

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