Word: eggs
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...Socialists, however, stood by the great Gambian egg scheme...
...Romans wear false teeth? Is Alaska bigger than Texas? Will a turtle's egg bounce...
...inherent trait in the Siamese (Chang and Eng, as a matter of fact, were Chinese). Such an anatomical caprice might occur anywhere, in any multiple birth. Fortunately, it rarely does. Most doctors believe that congenitally joined twins are the result of an imperfect splitting of the egg during gestation. The resultant monstrous births may be two complete individuals like Chang and Eng, joined at a single point. Or "they" may be a single individual equipped with an extra (generally useless) arm, leg, head or other organ...
Many joined twins, like Chang and Eng, have lived long, full lives in their connected state, married and produced children. After leaving show business in 1840 with a nest egg of $60,000, the original Siamese pair married sisters Adelaide and Sarah Yates, adopted the name of Bunker, and settled in the house where Farmer Robert died last week. Both were good farmers. Eng was a sobersided teetotaler; Chang a temperamental tippler. Once, say the Carolina neighbors, the brothers were repairing the roof of their house when they had a quarrel. Chang seized a hammer and threatened to clout...
Rector MacCormick plowed on about home rule for Scotland, even after a couple of faculty members, hit by rotten eggs, gave up and withdrew. When it was all over, MacCormick dabbed at egg and tomato stains on his robes, said tersely: "One of the liveliest installations I've ever seen...