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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...sailor, explorer, inventor, best-selling author, prizewinning filmmaker, passionate environmentalist and canny businessman. Instantly recognizable by his pipe, red cap and gaunt silhouette, Jacques-Yves Cousteau--a.k.a. "Captain Planet"--was arguably the century's best known, most popular Frenchman. For generations of scuba divers--and millions of armchair explorers--he created a crystal-clear window for the unseen world beneath the waves...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Jacques-Yves Cousteau: Lord Of The Depths | 3/29/1999 | See Source »

Appearance: "He's a businessman who does not have an attractive presence and whose smiles look like smirks...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Speech Class | 3/8/1999 | See Source »

Chung's money reached Kerry through employees and associates of the wealthy Asian businessman. Chung apparently authorized the donations after Kerry's office helped him arrange a meeting at the Securities and Exchange Commission...

Author: By Jacqueline A. Newmyer, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: For Kerry, A Tough Decision Not To Run | 3/3/1999 | See Source »

Still, government lawyers refuse to rule out the possibility that they will recommend this extreme remedy. Microsoft could be divided regionally, as Big Oil and Ma Bell were. But which one would Gates run? And how long would it take this consummate businessman to reacquire his "babies...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: So What Happens If Microsoft Loses? | 3/1/1999 | See Source »

...Herman Blume (Bill Murray), a burnt-out, self-loathing steel tycoon, who has both succeeded tremendously and failed miserably at life. Hiding behind his fancy suits and well-trimmed mustache, Blume also defies easy categorization, acting like an incorrigible child as often as he acts like a respectable businessman...

Author: By Bill Gienapp, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: RUSHMORE ROCKS | 2/19/1999 | See Source »

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