Word: nonpareil
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...appreciating his terrific mandolin and fiddle playing, especially on the bluegrass numbers; the enthusiasm he brings to the stage is palpable, and the audience goes crazy. But what's fun onstage sometimes meanders a bit on record: a few jams are overlong, and Bush's electric forays lack the nonpareil quality of his acoustic performances. Still, these folks set the bar pretty high, and a song list that includes a hell-bent-for-leather take on Bill Monroe's "Big Mon" alongside Kool and the Gang's "Celebration" is probably as good...
Through books and films, Jacques-Yves Cousteau shared his close encounters with dolphins, sharks, whales and other sea creatures with armchair divers around the world. He was a showman nonpareil, as when he described his first scuba dive in his mellifluous French accent: "I stood upside down on one finger and burst out laughing." But the former French navy officer had a serious side. Cruising the oceans in his vessel Calypso, he became increasingly worried about their health and founded the Cousteau Society to sound the alarm...