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...thrice-removed Kennedy cousin. Gore Vidal, Arthur Schlesinger Jr., Richard Goodwin, Jackie's ultracompetitive sister Lee Radziwill Ross and several of Jackie's ex-lovers comment on, among other things, her romantic issues with father figures, her intense, loving relationship with Bobby Kennedy, and her father "Black Jack" Bouvier's habit of sharing play-by-play analysis of his sex life with his daughters, which Jackie apparently thought was "the most wonderful thing." Still wondering where those father-figure issues came from...
...avid sportsman who would hang glide over volcano craters, ski the most difficult slaloms and who, in 1982, became the first Frenchman ever to windsurf across the Atlantic. "In everything he did, he always wanted to prove to himself that he was as good as the best," says Claude Bouvier-Muller, 71, a retired Air France pilot and a close friend. "Yet he never bragged. It was a personal challenge...
Marty, 54, was a 32-year Air France veteran who had flown the Boeing 747 and the airline's Airbus planes before entering the company's elite corps of Concorde pilots last year. As a pilot, recalls Bouvier-Muller, Marty was "extremely conscientious. If he lost control of his plane, it's because it couldn't be controlled. He was not one to give up even in the toughest situations. He had a stronger survival instinct than most people--perhaps because of his sporting activities...
...love of demanding and dangerous sports, however, Marty was no daredevil. "Just like his piloting, he prepared all his projects in the most meticulous way," says Bouvier-Muller. "When he started talking to me about crossing the Atlantic on a sailboard, I thought he was nuts. Then I realized he had thought out every facet of the problem and that he was dead serious about doing...
...hoops, tunnels and a slalom run. You can request custom packages that include a Yappy Hour with gourmet biscuits or outdoor picnics for your dog and a few closest pals. "When we pick him up, he never wants to leave," says Stephanie Ruthberg, 11, of Beau, her family's Bouvier des Flandres. "He thinks of it as camp, so when we go away, we don't have to worry about him because he always has fun." (Telephone...