The shape is, as you described, an egg shape, that when you cut lengthwise you see--it looks like tomato.

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If the egg-shape gizmo is too futuristic for your corporate dress code, you can put it in your pocket.

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Organisations may take on more of an egg-timer shape, with people rising quickly in their 30s and 40s, and then rejoining the wider workforce for the final third of their career.

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It's pretty, about the size and shape of an egg, but a deep purplish, red color with a subtle, fruity smell, almost like a plum.

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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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You can take home a Maison Martin Margiela egg doorknob for 59 euro, or a Fornasetti Le Figaro ashtray in the shape of the crumpled newspaper for 120 euro.

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