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But even that exposure to high glamour didn't steer Lemaire away from his interest in stylish clothes that were rooted in reality.
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Despite Lemaire's return and the team's subsequent improvement, New Jersey still finished 30th in the league dead last, that is in goals last season.
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"We talked about looking for real quality, for luxury that is not necessarily something you show, but something you feel, " Lemaire recalls.
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Last week, at Oxford's Museum of the History of Science Lemaire broke his own record for the task, taking it down to 77.99 seconds.
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It is hard work crawling around underground, but, Lemaire points out, beetles are at least easier to catch than some other creatures - butterflies, for example.
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Lemaire was offered the job without having to provide sketches.
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Lemaire, who stepped down again at season's end, bridged a necessary transition from the dump-and-chase style of play that MacLean favored to a puck-possession approach that placed a greater accent on the roster's speed and skill.
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Lemaire's upbringing was also a bit untraditional.
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"My uncle was a character, " recalls Lemaire.
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The situation reached its tipping point last season, when the team lost 31 of its first 41 games and Lamoriello fired first-year head coach John MacLean and coaxed MacLean's predecessor, Jacques Lemaire, out of retirement to replace him.
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