The presentation will be webcast live and may be accessed through the
Centex Web site at http://www. These statements
are not guarantees of future performance and involve a number of risks and
uncertainties.

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suggested that participants access the webcast event page at least 15 minutes
before the live event. During this presentation, Centex may make
forward-looking statements related to results of operations. RALEIGH, N.C.5 years -- according to a study conducted
by Lulu ( http: //www."
Francoise Sagan was the youngest author to top the list -- only 20 when
Bonjour Tristesse reached #1 in 1955; and just 19 when it first appeared in
French. JK Rowling was the youngest solo author to hit #1 in the latter 25
years (1980-2004) -- only 34 when Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets hit
#1 in 1999.
Authors nearest to the mean age of 50.

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Agatha Christie was the oldest author to top the list.lulu.

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"What women really need is something that speaks to
them about money: making it, keeping it, spending it, saving it, investing
it, having fun with it -- using it to gain independence and take control of
their lives.

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Mixing expert advice with real women's success stories, and "written in the
casual, witty style of chick lit," according to Publishers Weekly, "Making
Bread" suggests smart financial moves for women in every age group . Eller, chairman
and CEO, will present for the company., 50 years-old may be a good age for a
mid -life crisis but it is also the perfect age to publish a novel designed to
become a best-seller, according to a study of best-selling novels and their
authors over the past half-century.com/static/pr/5_12_05 .

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Think of "Making Bread: The Ultimate
Financial Guide for Women Who Need Dough" as the ultimate chick lit. An archive of the event will be
available on the site's investor relations page under the "webcasts" link.lulu.
Fuller details of this research are at http://www.

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Pointing out that the wage gap still exists , that women live longer than
men and tend to work in jobs that don't offer retirement benefits, the
authors contend that women's financial priorities are very different from
men's.5 at the time their book topped the
list were Judith Krantz, 50 years 5 months when Scruples reached #1 in 1978 ,
and Joe Klein, who was 50 years 7 months when Primary Colors made #1 in 1996.

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Dallas, Texas -based Centex, through its subsidiaries, is one of the
nation's premier companies in home building , financial services, home services
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That ripple effect can bring the
long -term earnings gap to 38 cents for every dollar men earn, according to
a study conducted for the Institute for Women's Policy Research. A
thoughtful, affordable gift for Mother's Day, for graduation, for women
starting out in their careers or approaching retirement, as well as for
those coping with the challenges of divorce or widowhood, the book's tips
and topics include:

-- Why Dimes Are a Girl's Best Friend
-- Smart Money Moves for Single Women
-- The Financial Rules for Living Together
-- What to Do Before You Say 'I Do'
-- Kids 'R' Costly: How to Afford Them
-- Six Questions to Ask Before Spending a Dime
-- 10 Rules for a Wrinkle-Free Retirement

Previously an editor for TV Guide and Reader's Digest, Gail Harlow is the
founding editor of the popular digital women's finance magazine Making
Bread: The Magazine for Women Who Need Dough (www. Timothy R.
The average age of writers in the year that their novels topped the
hardback fiction section of the New York Times Bestseller List during the
half-century from 1955-2004 was 50. She would have been
86 when her novel, Sleeping Murder reached #1 in 1976, had she not died
earlier that year .

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(gail@makingbreadmagazine.m. To download the
software prior to the event, participants should visit http://www.php

ABOUT LULU.

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To listen to the live event, a participant must have a multimedia computer
with speakers and the Windows Media Player plug-in installed.centex.

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Complicating matters, women often don't realize the price they pay
for being stay-at-home moms and so fail to take steps to compensate for the
effect of lost promotions , 401(k) savings, and Social Security vesting
during their years out of the workforce.
"A man past 50 should never write a novel," felt William Thackeray, best-
known as the author of Vanity Fair, the classic novel of English high society,
published Vanity Fair in 1847, the year Thackeray turned 36.com .

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Over 350 authors saw their novels reach #1 during the 50 years studied;
and Lulu researchers were able to establish the age at publication of almost
all of them. Unlike scientists or musicians, writers
tend to mature with age.

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Elizabeth Lewin is a financial planner and contributing editor to the
magazine, as well as the author of several other personal-finance books.

To request a review copy or schedule an author interview, contact Lisa
Sweet (lisa@lisasweetpr.com ), a website for writers and independent publishers. Contact: pr@lulu .

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"Forget 'Bridget Jones' Diary' and all those other chick-lit novels, whose
heroines fret and mope till they snag a man," say co-authors Gail Harlow
and Elizabeth Lewin. DALLAS, Centex Corporation (NYSE: CTX)
will present at the Wachovia Securities 15th Annual Nantucket Conference on
Thursday , June 30 at 8:30 a. Centex ranks No.
"Authors of every age use Lulu," says Bob Young, CEO of Lulu, the world's
fastest-growing provider of print-on-demand books.

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"But we wanted to discover
the optimum age to write a best-seller; especially since we suspected that it
was higher than many people assume.

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click the conference call link, and follow the pre-event instructions. 1 in its industry on FORTUNE
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