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Jeane Kirkpatrick 2006 Deaths

Jeane KirkpatrickAge: 80 first woman to be the American ambassador to the United Nations, and influential member of the National Security Council during President Reagan's first term of…

Jean Patchett 2002 Deaths

Jean PatchettAge: 75 model who appeared on more than 40 magazine covers in the 1950s. Died: La Quinta, Calif., Jan. 22, 2002 Carl (Bobo) OlsonM - QDolores Olmedo Patiño

Brewer's: Jean de Lettre

(Mr. Jenkins). “Qui pour l'ordinaire, dit Tallemant, est un animal mal idoine à toute autre chose.” (Mme. Deshoulières: Historiettes, ix. 209, x. 82.) Source: Dictionary of Phrase and…

Brewer's: Jean des Vignes

(French). So the jonglers call the poupée to which they address themselves. The French Protestants in the sixteenth century called “the host” Jean, and the word is pretty well synonymous…

Jean-Jacques Beineix Biography

Jean-Jacques Beineix director, producer, screenwriterBorn: 1946Birthplace: Paris, France A multitalented figure in contemporary French cinema, he made some of the most influential and popular…

Jean-Jacques Annaud Biography

Jean-Jacques Annauddirector, screenwriterBorn: 10/1/1943Birthplace: Draveil, France Known particularly for his period pieces, he won an Academy Award for Best Foreign Film for his debut effort Black…

Billie Jean King Biography

Billie Jean KingBorn: Nov. 22, 1943Tennis women's rights pioneer; Wimbledon singles champ 6 times; U.S. champ 4 times; first woman athlete to earn $100,000 in one year (1971); beat 55-year-…

Vigo, Jean

(Encyclopedia) Vigo, JeanVigo, JeanzhäN vēgōˈ [key], 1905–34, French movie director, whose original name was Jean Almereyda. His reputation is based on two superb films: Zéro de Conduite (1933) and L…

Dorat, Jean

(Encyclopedia) Dorat, Jean: see Daurat, Jean.