Word: eggs
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...hundreds of reporters descended on the sleepy English mill town of Oldham, the 65-year-old obstetrician delivered the world's first "test-tube baby," a healthy, 5-lb. 12-oz. girl aptly named Louise Joy Brown. Conceived in a lab dish, or in vitro, from the egg and sperm of a working-class couple who had tried for years to have a child, she seemed as miraculous as any baby in 2,000 years...
...exploit workers? Settling temporarily in northern Florida, Flagler and Co. moved farther south, eventually stumbling upon the small Barrier Island of Palm Beach. One hundred years later the island of Palm Beach is still where the mega-rich go to escape the grind of winter life in East Egg. Easily bored, they have gone out of their way to cram as much bacchanalian debauchery into one island as possible...
...macaroni and cheese ($6.95) successfully updates the old standard with three kinds of cheese, and while the Egg salad sandwich ($5.25) is somewhat dry, the thin, skin-still-on french fries ($2.25) combine crispiness and tenderness to perfection. The frappes ($3.50) and ice cream sodas ($2.95) both made with Herrell's ice cream, are sublime. Johnny's extensive menu also features wide varieties of salads ($3.25-8.25) and egg dishes ($4.25-8.95) and they serve their pancakes and french toast...
...debauchery at the Kong escalated out of control, so did the rumor mill. The Kong was alleged to house a gambling hall, a smuggling ring and a brothel. All one had to do was order "three egg rolls," and the doors to the underworld would swing open. Where precisely did this vast criminal empire reside? Up the dark stairs, behind the closed door of the unused third floor. Paul recounts, "People used to ask my father what was on the third floor. He'd tell them it was storage. No one would believe him. They'd say, 'Come...
...head up the stairs, and Paul unlocks the battered turquoise door. The room is tired, cold and empty. No music, no prostitutes. No drugs, no egg rolls to go. Not even a cigarette butt. Just a junky room with some papier-mâché dragons. The desolate service bar looks like a seventh grade woodshop project. The stools are stacked upside down...