Can two User Accounts share a playlist?

My wife and I have a shared iTunes Music folder (Macintosh HD/Users/Shared/iTunes Music) which serves both user accounts and both iPods.
However, we have not figured out how to copy playlists. I don't want all of hers, and she doesn't want all of mine. It would be useful, however, to be able to copy individual playlists from her iTunes Music Library to mine, and vice-versa, so that playlists we both like don't have to be re-created.
Is there a way to do this?

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