Chrétien
Americannoun
noun
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It was designed so active workers pay the pensions of their elder generation, creating interdependence, “so we don’t necessarily want to fight one another,” explained Bruno Chrétien, president of the Institute for Social Protection.
From New York Times • Mar. 7, 2023
Trudeau’s office hasn’t said which former prime ministers will attend the funeral but it is expected to include Stephen Harper, Paul Martin and Jean Chrétien as well as Simon and former governor generals.
From Seattle Times • Sep. 15, 2022
Chrétien has suffered partial facial paralysis since a childhood attack of Bell’s palsy.
From Washington Post • Sep. 17, 2021
Other Western European countries would follow suit; Ulf Merbold, the West German who beat Chrétien to be the first non-American on the space shuttle, would reverse his path by flying on Soyuz in 1994.
From Slate • Mar. 30, 2017
The one who's still sitting—he's got big front teeth like a rabbit—says, "Aw, no one wants to hear your theories, Chrétien."
From "The Inquisitor's Tale" by Adam Gidwitz
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