Word: eggs
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...would venture out to the local library where she could read the Wall Street Journal without paying for it. And on her little noticed journeys outside her apartment, she would also visit her stockbroker. When she died at age 101 last January, Scheiber had converted a $5,000 nest egg into a $22 million fortune. And in death she proved herself extravagantly generous. Last week it was announced that she had bequeathed most of her fortune to Yeshiva University, a New York City school she never attended and where no one ever knew...
...aside 20% of his salary to save $40,000 in his company's 401(k) retirement plan. Or so he thought. Wynn, 63, was unable to cash out and retire this year because all his money had vanished. And his was not the only missing nest egg. Also unaccounted for were the savings of more than 180 of his colleagues at International Technical Services, a firm in Melville, New York, that hires engineers and places them on jobs at companies around the country. Since then the Labor Department has brought a civil complaint accusing Ralph Corace, the former owner...
...majority, though, were a bit critical. "I mean this as a constructive comment," Berry read. "The egg rolls suck...
Some may say that race does matter, although it shouldn't, and therefore we have to discuss it in order to diminish its impact. But this leads to a case of the chicken or the egg. Sure, we may need to study other ethnic groups to further assimilation, but in doing so we automatically stigmatize those groups we're studying. We study race because race matters, than we deny that race matters, then we study race more because we want to make sure ethnic groups aren't excluded by oversight. It becomes a never-ending cycle...
...those egg-white omelets, and for what? A new University of Washington study of 141 people who ate two eggs a day for three months shows that the effect on their cholesterol level was negligible. The report has prompted many scientists to reconsider the common assumption that eggs contribute to high cholesterol levels and, indirectly, to heart disease. "Ultimately, the most important thing is is to maintain a low-fat diet," says TIME's Janice Horowitz. "That means staying away from the butter and the bacon." So, by all means, have that eggs benedict--- just skip the hollandaise. The study...