Word: eggs
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...under tight control of generals and officials loyal to Chiang. If the Communists toppled the peace-seeking government of Acting President Li Tsung-jen and tried to occupy all of China, the gold and silver would serve Chiang's still-faithful followers as a nest egg for further resistance against the Reds...
Last week Acting President Li wanted the nest egg back. He needed it, he said, to curb inflation-although a lot more was obviously needed for that Herculean task than the Gimo's reserve. Li also wanted the treasure to pay Nationalist troops along the Yangtze in hard cash, thus boost their morale. To Fenghua went old Marshal Yen Hsi-shan, governor of Shansi province, to plead with Chiang for return of the funds...
Behind the high mahogany bar in Lima's Hotel Bolivar, the bartender poured a slug of water-clear liquor into a silver shaker, added lime juice, sugar, beaten white of egg, and ice, shook hard, then poured the mixture into a small glass. When Angostura had been sprinkled on the top, another pisco sour was ready for -the pre-luncheon crowd filling up Lima's best-known meeting place...
...plus, Winston got 74 brooches, necklaces, bracelets, and two world-famed diamonds, the robin's-egg-sized Hope diamond* (44½ carats) and the Star of the East (100 carats). Though Winston laughed at the legend that the Hope diamond had brought only trouble or tragedy to its owners and wearers, he soon had his pressagents grinding out new embellishments of the tale (samples: "Marie Antoinette, who wore it, was beheaded . . . Solomon Habib, Oriental diamond merchant who handled the gem, has been ill for 40 years"). Winston planned to send the collection on a nationwide tour of museums...
Contests between the ladies and the gentlemen in orange-passing and egg-tossing were featured, and the ebuillent Mr. Todd warbled a selection entitled "Hip Hip Hooray, We're flying on the PAA." He received a broadside of eggs for his trouble and ultimately retired, still smiling grimly...