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Born near Bordeaux in 1910, Cousteau had dreamed of a career as a French navy aviator until a near fatal automobile crash dashed those hopes--and serendipitously led him to his true vocation. Taking up swimming to strengthen his broken arms, Cousteau fell in love with the sea. "Sometimes we are lucky enough to know that our lives have been changed, to discard the old, embrace the new, and run headlong down an immutable course," he later wrote. "It happened to me on that summer's day when my eyes were opened...
...addition to the professorship, current and future leaders of Jordan will be invited to Harvard for training. These fellowships are aimed to strengthen Jordanian leaders, a program KSG officials hope can be expanded to other Middle East nations...
...Harvard does not choose to end its affiliation with FLA, Hennefeld said PSLM wants Harvard to issue a public statement calling on the coalition to strengthen its sweatshop monitoring and for the University to continue developing its own stricter polices concerning disclosure...
...Gore also said he would try to strengthen Medicare and Social Security programs...
...attempt to excite African-American voters and strengthen his kingmaking role in the next presidential campaign, which he may enter as a candidate, JESSE JACKSON has been urging prominent black politicians to run for the U.S. Senate. So far his blandishments have fallen flat. Jackson admits that ALAN C. PAGE, the retired Minnesota Viking defensive lineman, is "reluctant" to give up a safe seat on the state supreme court to vie for the Senate slot occupied by Republican ROD GRAMS. Former Agriculture Secretary MIKE ESPY cites personal reasons for not running against Mississippi's TRENT LOTT: he not only owes...