Word: jacquese
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He was the 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...
The legal successor is Francine Cousteau, 52, the former flight attendant with whom the Captain shared a secret life for more than a decade before marrying her in 1992, after the death of his first wife. Strong-willed and energetic, Francine is the one Jacques Cousteau picked to replace him...
Yet organized world leadership is the last thing young people expect from these four men. Jospin is excused to some degree because France's President, Jacques Chirac, is still largely responsible for foreign policy and Jospin is preoccupied with getting his own country back on track. But among Blair, Clinton...
Strong-willed and determined, impetuous and unpredictable, Jacques Chirac is not called "le bulldozer" for nothing. Even Washington admits the French President paved the way for the Dayton, Ohio, peace talks by insisting, shortly after his election in May 1995, on the get-tough military posture that finally led to...
Such boasts carry little weight with the NATO forces. Says a well-placed officer in Trebinje: "If we detain Karadzic, nothing will happen. They have too many other problems." The only impediments to his capture, say those working for peace in Bosnia, are in Washington, Paris and other capitals. Says...