Word: quoi
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...just sat down, looked and understood," says ETIENNE BACROT, 14, of his first encounter with chess. Even at 4, he felt a certain je ne sais quoi about the checkered board. He was 7 when he had his first official win, and now, with years of two-hours-a-day practice behind him, he has become the youngest chess grandmaster ever, beating Canadian grandmaster Kevin Spraggett, 42, at a tournament in France. He can't best world champion Garry Kasparov yet, but he warns, "I'm getting closer." Says his trainer, Iosif Dorfman: "He does much better than Kasparov...
...might be more "than they could handle." Health experts recommended showering in a ventilated area to avoid breathing poisonous chlorine gas. The Washington Post set up a booth downtown and invited 31 people to take the waters. Of those, eight preferred the bouquet and je ne sais quoi of swimming-pool water to the District's finest, and seven couldn't tell the difference between...
...appreciate your attempts at diversity. But your pies lack a certain "Je ne said quoi,'" a student wrote on one of the infamous yellow cards. "By this I mean they suck shit...
...white crowd is washing down breakfasts of spicy boudin with cold, long-necked beers. As the onlookers tap their toes and stamp their feet, bandleader Don Thibodeaux, backed by an accordion, steel guitar, fiddle, drums and triangle, starts to sing: "Jolie blonde, regardez donc quoi t'as fait...
Liberty is everything you expected those cafes in Harvard Square to be when you leafed through the glossy pre-frosh brochures. It has the best coffee in Cambridge, live music and that je ne sais quoi that makes a coffee house. The waiters notice you long enough to give you a menu or take your order, but still maintain enough aloofness to seem like they have higher pursuits, probably a little cooler than yours. The "Large Joe" makes up for the $1.70 T-fare or the schlep out to Central...