Word: jacquese
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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Lucien Bouchard, the charismatic leader of the separatist Parti Quebecois, has changed his mind about quitting the fray. Bouchard, who announced he was considering leaving politics after Quebec's referendum to secede from Canada was narrowly defeated last month, says he will seek to replace outgoing Quebec Premier Jacques Parizeau...
After lecturing about the philosopher Jean-Jacques Rousseau, Frank stopped midway and suggested that the class discuss his concept of the state of nature.
After a boisterous campaign that stirred passions in Canadians from all provinces, Quebec chose to remain part of Canada, voting 50.6% against secession and 49.4% for it in a special plebiscite. The razor-thin margin consisted of just 52,448 votes out of almost 5 million cast; the 93.4% turnout...
Recently he has been working to buttress his flagging influence and image: his approval ratings are in the single digits. He has, for example, made a point of treating several of his less popular appointees to highly public rebukes. He has also tried to cultivate the appearance of robust health...
And then there's Jacques Parizeau, the now on-his-way-out separatist Premier (although he refers to himself grandly as the "Prime Minister"), who tainted his loss by blaming it on "money and the ethnic vote." He told the Los Angeles Times last summer that Quebeckers would be trapped...