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Besides books and other royalties, Orman's earned income has come mainly from selling insurance -- which gets much more attention in her book than do stocks or bonds.

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Besides, Crichton's been commanding eight figures for his books and seven for their movie rights for years.

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Besides drawing from Google Patents, the finder displays results from Google Scholar, Google Books and the web's other nooks and crannies.

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