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Jill starts dating Doug, then learns he’s the ex-boyfriend of her roommate Renee. Feeling bad for Renee, Jill tries to bring them back together, even though she has feelings for Doug herself. Doug and Renee bury the hatchet, but realise they’re not in love any more, so Doug and Jill can be happy together.

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• Jill
• Renee
• Doug

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• Script: Natalie Krigstein

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International romance customs.

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Nora’s married friends constantly introduce her to single men, hoping she’ll find a husband. Nora and Bill meet casually and hit it off, but when they’re “matched” by mutual friends, Nora rebels against her own feelings. Bill dates Marie and Nora becomes jealous, which was Bill’s plan: he and Nora finally decide to get married.

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• Nora Lawrence
• Bill Page
• Bert Caldwell
• Amy
• Marie Carter
• Martin Carter

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Laura falls for Ray, but he hates “any reference to love or marriage,” preferring to “not think of the future!” Ray takes Laura for granted and she begins to date Steve, who is more considerate. Laura finally breaks with Ray for good when she meets Joan, another of Ray’s girlfriends who’s also been treated badly. Laura is now free to love Steve.

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• Laura
• Ray Allen
• Steve Brown
• Joan

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Carol plays tennis, badly.

Characters

• Carol

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Aspiring actor Wayne plays up to famous actress Amanda to further his career. This upsets Amanda’s assistant Penny, who loves Wayne. After Wayne triumphs, Amanda announces that she was aware of his scheme the whole time. Wayne can now admit his love for Penny.

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• Penny
• Wayne Lambert
• Amanda Talmadge
• Tom Newton

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Julia Roberts responds to readers' inquiries.

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• Script:

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Linda dreams Larry saves her life.

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• Linda
• Larry

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Barbara falls in love with Jeff, an employee at the vacation resort. He says he doesn’t make enough money to get married and “people can’t live on love!” Jeff urges Barbara to consider wealthy guest Philip as a potential husband instead. When the still-single Barbara returns the following summer for her vacation, Jeff says he loves her enough to marry her even though he’s poor.

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• Barbara Powers
• Jeff Barclay
• Philip Wilkes

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Poetry and 4 black-and-white illustrations.

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• Script:

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House ad for Girls Love Stories. Cover of #12 is shown.