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  1. Top Rated Romance Movies and "Luminaries" (IMDB.com)
      Provides a list of the top 10 rated by IMDB. (Other surveys will result in different lists). The movies include Casablanca (1942), Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981), Sunset Blvd. (1950), It's a Wonderful Life (1946), Fabuleux destin d'Amélie Poulain, Le (2001), Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind (2004), Vertigo (1958), Modern Times (1936), City Lights (1931), and Singin' in the Rain (1952). Luminaries include George Cukor, Bette Davis, Joan Crawford, Katharine Hepburn, Audrey Hepburn, Grace Kelly, Cary Grant, Clark Gable, Deborah Kerr, and Nora Ephron.

  2. -10-14-07 Seniors Keep Romance Alive (CBS News)
      "Lead author Dr. Stacy Tessler Lindau, an assistant professor of geriatrics, as well as obstetrics and gynecology at the University of Chicago Medical School, says that sexuality is an essential component of life, no matter what age a person is." 10-07

  3. Romance and Seniors (SeniorJournal.com)
      "Romance does not have to fizzle out in long-term relationships and progress into a companionship/friendship-type love. A new study finds long-term romantic love (with intensity, sexual interest, and engagement, but without the obsessive element common in new relationships), appears to be a real phenomenon that can last a lifetime and lead to happier, healthier relationships." 03-10

  4. Health Benefits of Love and Romance (U.S. News)
      "Just a little of that human touch, in the words of Bruce Springsteen, stirs the soul, soothes the brain, and gives you a health boost as well—particularly if you skip the heart-shaped boxes of chocolate and go for the simple hug or caress." 02-09

  5. -02-10-05 Prince Charles to Marry (MSNBC News)
      "Prince Charles announced Thursday that he will marry his lover Camilla Parker Bowles, putting an official seal on a long romance that Princess Diana blamed for the breakdown of her tempestuous marriage to the heir to the throne. The announcement ruled out the possibility that she would become queen." 2-05

  6. Browning, Robert and Elizabeth Barrett (HistoryChannel.com)
      Provides the story of the romance and marriage of the two famous poets. "Barrett Browning's Sonnets From the Portuguese (1850), of which the line 'How do I love thee? Let me count the ways' has since become one of poetry's best-known, was written during their courtship and early marriage and is about her dramatic romance with Browning, and how he helped her save herself from a life of sickness and isolation." 02-06

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