Malkiel and Mei have shown that investors who diversify globally will end up with a smaller percentage of broken eggs.

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My own favorite use for the stuff is matzo brei, a scramble of broken matzo and eggs.

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These kinds of returns are little comfort for a generation of Americans who now face retirement with broken nest-eggs.

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And if some eggs have to be broken to make our knowledge omelette, well, too bad.

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Regular Two-up games were played illegally for more than 60 years in Broken Hill in the back of a cafe serving customers hot tea and bacon and eggs.

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