But Mom was a good egg.

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Dr Nigel Higson, a Sussex GP and member of the Primary Care Virology Group, said that while the incidence of severe egg allergy was "miniscule", moving away from egg-based vaccines was a good idea.

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Assuming there is a comfortable nest egg, for a single person in good health, it makes sense these days to defer taking Social Security until age 70, says Mr. Jones.

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If the employer does his due diligence in setting up the plan and the investments options offered are low-cost and well-constructed, then the employee has a good chance of accumulating a nice supplemental nest-egg.

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Although there are many egg-warnings on the World Wide Web for computer-literate cooks, there are none on commercial egg cartons: precisely the place where they might do some good.

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Mr. Kitces says he focused on returns during the first half of a projected 30 years of retirement, because preserving your nest egg for the first 15 years means you would be in good shape for the rest.

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Fortunately four to five meals per day of char kwey tiaw (fried noodles in soy sauce with egg and various additions), asam laksa (Penang's famous, indescribably good curry noodle soup), rojak (fruit and veggie salad in a sweet dark shrimp paste) and much, much more, goes down a lot easier than heavier Western foods.

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