Word: aqua
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...Frenchmen Jacques-Yves Cousteau and Emile Gagnan perfect the Aqua-Lung, a self-contained underwater breathing apparatus, or scuba...
Before Cousteau, undersea exploration was limited by the length of a human breath or the tether on a diving helmet. His co-invention of the Aqua-Lung in 1943 freed us to roam the ocean depths--like an "archangel" flying through the heavens, as he put it. Maker of more than 150 films, beginning with his Oscar-winning The Silent World in 1956, Cousteau revealed a flotilla of wondrous creatures to an audience that was instantly entranced. In his last book, Man, Octopus and Orchid, published shortly after his death in 1997 at the age of 87, Cousteau summed...
GREAT LAMINATE: For those who crave more '50s than Happy Days can provide, Temple, Texas, offers the Ralph Sr. and Sunny Wilson House. Built in 1959 by Wilson-Art's founder to show just how versatile his product could be, the house put pink and aqua laminate where none had gone before. Open to the public, this homage to plastic has just become a National Landmark...
...bustle of latecomers and the monotone of the announcer calling out "B-9, B-9." Cans of Moxie, beanie babies and glow-in-the-dark troll dolls crowd the long brown folding tables that fill the yellowing walls of the church cafeteria. The scents of stale cigarette smoke and Aqua Net periodically waft into the crowded room as peddlers in blue aprons circulate selling instant Lotto cards. All eyes gaze up at the main stage where numbers dance around the monstrous Bingo Board. The hypnotizing pop of the gyrating bingo balls is only broken by the clickity-clack of chips...
...unrivaled hero of the oceans. Former naval officer, explorer, filmmaker, environmentalist, Jacques-Yves Cousteau, a.k.a. "Captain Planet," almost single-handedly unlocked the door to the world beneath the waves. The Frenchman's co-invention of the Aqua-Lung freed humanity to wander underwater, and his more than 150 books, films and TV shows enabled millions of people to accompany him on voyages of discovery. But since he died last year at 87, the task of carrying on Cousteau's mission has fallen to rival successors whose infighting threatens to cloud his vision...