Word: jeane
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...Dave Matthews, but last night the Undergraduate Council declared Wyclef Jean of the hip-hop group the Fugees its first choice for Springfest at a busy meeting during which the council also approved $54,176.96 in student group grants...
...presentation of Jean Racine's deeply moralizing tragedy, Phaedra, truly embodies a level of theatee mastery, encompassing a seamless translation of foreign script, subtle adaptations of classic roles and overwhelming ambiance which emanates from a towering backdrop. Each minute detail, from exquisite costumes to on-stage blocking of positions, enhances the portrayal of this Greek tale of passion, deceit and inescapable fate. As an audience member, one becomes lost in the flow of events and the intensity of exchanges as the saga unravels in captivating sequence...
...conformity and steady growth. The 1955 Man of the Year was General Motors' central-casting CEO Harlow Curtice (he was Hollywood-handsome, tungsten-tough, up-from-the-bottom, etc.); that year, GM also topped FORTUNE's first 500 list. TIME created a sensation by spotlighting the little-known Jean Paul Getty as the world's richest private citizen...
...DIED. JEAN MARAIS, 84, swashbuckling French screen idol of the '40s and '50s; in Cannes, France. Marais got his break as the beast in the 1946 film Beauty and the Beast, co-directed by his longtime lover, the artist Jean Cocteau. A wildly popular pinup for women and men alike, the actor starred in 70 movies...
Celebrity best sellers like Andrew Weil's 8 Weeks to Optimum Health (Knopf; $23) and Jean Carper's Miracle Cures (HarperCollins; $25) may promise more than they can deliver, but they do contain healthful hints. If you want to add adventure, read Mark Plotkin's Tales of a Shaman's Apprentice (Penguin; $14), which shows how ethnobotanists comb jungles for natural cures...