Jaques
Americannoun
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Jaques recalls losing someone close to him when he was 18, while sitting his A-levels.
From BBC ● Aug. 15, 2026
The Canadian psychoanalyst and management consultant Elliott Jaques is often credited with coining the term “midlife crisis” in 1965.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 29, 2026
All the world is indeed a stage and all its inhabitants merely stock players, as Jaques lays out in “As You Like It.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 29, 2026
Jaques, who is from Toronto, is the first Buckeye to win the award and the second-ever defender.
From Washington Times ● Mar. 18, 2023
The glasses were drained and filled again, and Mrs. Jaques turned to her hosts with a cordial smile.
From The Secret of the Reef by Harold Bindloss
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