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		<title>Baum, L. Frank -- The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, ch.  1 (1900)</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[When Aunt Em came there to live she was a young, pretty wife. The sun and wind had changed her, too. They had taken the sparkle from her eyes and left them a sober gray; they had taken the red from her cheeks and lips, and they were gray also. She was thin and gaunt, [&#8230;]]]></description>
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>When Aunt Em came there to live she was a young, pretty wife. The sun and wind had changed her, too. They had taken the sparkle from her eyes and left them a sober gray; they had taken the red from her cheeks and lips, and they were gray also. She was thin and gaunt, and never smiled, now. </p>
<br><b>L. Frank Baum</b> (1856-1919) American author [Lyman Frank Baum]<br><i>The Wonderful Wizard of Oz</i>, ch.  1 (1900) 
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		<title>Zelazny, Roger -- Trumps of Doom, ch. 6 (1985)</title>
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>When inspiration is silent reason tires quickly.</p>
<br><b>Roger Zelazny</b> (1937-1995) American writer<br><i>Trumps of Doom</i>, ch. 6 (1985) 
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