Word: platinum
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...Platinum Mounting. Well, not entirely. Small country inns, says Ronay, can still be counted on for the old-fashioned superb breakfasts served by "the godsend of a middle-aged woman, almost a nurse, who takes such care you almost want to marry her." In a very few top-drawer London hotels, "reverence is still paid to bacon and eggs -if not to the customer. They set out a piece of toast as if they're mounting it in platinum...