Jaques
Americannoun
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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
In his Times Opinion newsletter, Peter Coy examines the midlife crisis, a term coined by Elliott Jaques, a Canadian psychoanalyst, in 1965.
From New York Times ● Sep. 24, 2022
Social skills could also help AI adjust to new situations on the fly, Jaques says.
From Science Magazine ● Sep. 18, 2022
Jean Eddy Montezima runs one such parlor, the St. Jaques funeral home in Les Cayes, on a shoestring, and he is overworked and fed up.
From Seattle Times ● Aug. 19, 2021
They were interrupted by a knocking, and Jaques went into the store and did not return for some minutes.
From The Secret of the Reef by Bindloss, Harold
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