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of 1988, 201–2, 205, 207
of 1990, 207, 218
of 1992, 229
of 2008, 303
of 2012, 206
Elizabeth II, Queen of England, 82, 243–44
Emery, David, 121–23, 129–31, 149
English language, 9, 19, 24, 28–30, 43
environmental laws, 93, 94, 205
oil spills and, 223–25
see also Clean Air Act
Environmental Protection Agency, U.S., 193
Erekat, Saeb, 327, 330, 332–33, 334, 336
Erwin, Jim, 100–101, 114
European Union, 313, 337
Exxon Valdez oil spill, 225
Falwell, Jerry, 147
Fanning, Michael, 250
Farley, Jim, 46
farms, 26, 103–4, 127, 169, 250
Fayyad, Salam, 322
Federal Water Pollution Control Act (1972), 223n
Fehr, Donald, 279, 289
Fessenden, William Pitt, 60
filibuster, 119–20, 175, 180, 217
Fitzwater, Marlin, 210
Florida, 63–64, 140–41, 166
Fogg, Hervey, 57, 347
Foley, Tom, 191, 229
taxes and, 201, 207, 211–13, 217–18
football, 21, 23, 64
Ford, Gerald, 323–24
Fort Holabird, 71–73
Fort Point Lighthouse, 55–56
Fowler, Wyche, 188, 210–11
Fox Family Worldwide, 270
France, 76, 373
Middle East and, 307, 309, 319, 320
Fraser, Janet, see Mitchell, Janet Fraser
fraternities, 59, 62–63, 68
French Canadians, 3, 4, 46–47
fundraising, 125–27, 133–34, 145, 228–29, 266, 304, 344–45
Gallagher, Claire, 242–43, 251–52
Game of Shadows (Fainaru-Wada and Williams), 296
Garcia, Andy, Jr., 140–41, 142, 144
gas taxes, 194, 216, 217, 219
gays, in military, 230
Gaza, 304–5, 311, 317, 318, 321, 324–25, 328
Hamas control of, 312–13
rockets from, 325, 339
Georgetown University Law School, 80–81, 84–89, 342
Gephardt, Dick, 229.231
taxes and, 201, 208, 211–13, 217–18
Germany, 72–82, 307
Germany, East, 74, 76–79
Germany, Nazi, 29, 37–39, 75, 77, 309
Gerry, Elbridge, 54
Giambi, Jason, 295n
Gingrich, Newt, 216
Glenn, John, 159–60
Gold, Stanley, 267, 270–73, 275
Goldwater, Barry, 97
Good Friday Agreement (1998), 239–41, 244, 248, 250, 317363
Gore, Al, 229
Grady, Robert, 176, 177
Gramm, Phil, 206n
Gray, Boyden, 176
Great Britain, 48, 76, 243–44, 373
economic policies of, 44–45
Middle East and, 307–10, 319–20
Northern Ireland and, 236, 239, 241, 366–67
Gulf War, first, 207
Hamas, 305, 318, 320–21, 324–25, 339
in elections, 336, 337
Gaza taken over by, 312–13
unity government formed by, 336
Hamilton, Alexander, 54
Hamilton, Lee, 139
Haskell, Eric, 342, 344
Hathaway, Bill, 114, 149
Head of Falls, 3–5, 8, 15, 17, 18
health care reform, 229, 231–35, 303
health insurance companies, 233
Heath, Sally, see Mitchell, Sally Heath
Heckman, James, 291–92
Heinz, John, 179, 181–82
Henderson, Paul, 277
Henry, Mert, 91
Hernandez, David, 281
Hezbollah, 318
Hibey, Richard, 279
high schools, 227–28, 344
highways, 194, 197, 199
hitchhiking, 36, 57–58, 68–71
Holbrooke, Richard, 305
Hollings, Ernest, 206n
Hollingsworth and Whitney paper mill, 4, 5, 50
Holocaust, 310
Honkawa, Yoshi, 266–67
hostages, 113, 139, 368
House of Commons, British, 320
House of Representatives, U.S., 46, 54, 116, 121, 122, 138, 145, 149, 200
clean air efforts and, 172–74, 178, 189–92
Energy and Commerce Committee of, 172–74
Environment and Public Works Committee of, 195
Health and Environment Subcommittee of, 173
health care reform and, 231
oil spills and, 224
tax reform and, 201, 202, 205, 208, 211, 214, 216–19
Udall in, 154
Ways and Means Committee of, 211
House-Senate conference committees, 190, 192, 195, 198, 218, 219, 222
housing, Low Income Credit for, 220–23
Housing and Urban Development Department, U.S., 222
human growth hormone (hGH), 291, 299
Humphrey, Hubert, 96, 98
Hussein bin Ali, 307–8
Husseini, Faisal, 322n
Hybl, Bill, 278–80
Hyde, William DeWitt, 61–62
Iger, Bob, 274–75
Ignatius, David, 327
immigrants, 3–4, 6–8, 10, 19, 46–51, 109
Cuban, 140
French, 44, 49
Irish, 7, 46, 377, 378
Jewish, 309, 310
Lebanese, 4, 6–7, 8, 50–51, 377, 378, 379
Polish, 94, 172
income tax, 103–4, 202, 203, 206, 214, 217–19, 373
Independents, 46, 100–101
industrialization, industry, 46–47, 50–51
clean air efforts and, 169, 170, 171, 173, 189
Inouye, Daniel, 135, 139
in election for Senate majority leader, 155, 157, 158, 160–62
International Commission on Violence in the Middle East, 304
International Olympic Committee (IOC), 277, 278, 280, 289
Iran, 139, 318–19, 321, 369
Iran-Contra investigation, xiv, 135–39, 149–50, 157, 158
Iranian hostage crisis, 113, 369
Iraq, 306, 308, 315
Irish-Americans, 249–50, 253, 379
Irish-American Society, 252–53
Irish immigrants, 7, 46, 377, 378
Irish Republic, 239, 241, 319, 378–79
Iron Dome antimissile system, 319
Israel, 310–40
borders of, 311, 313, 318, 321, 324, 328, 338
Egypt’s peace with, 311, 314
Jewish-Arab divide in, 320
Jordan’s peace with, 312, 314
in 1967 war, 311, 323, 326n
in 1973 war, 311
potential isolation of, 319–20, 339
security of, 312, 313, 314, 316, 318–19, 320, 328, 329, 334–38
settlement construction by, 319, 322, 323–26, 329–30, 334
Israel Defense Force (IDF), 310, 335
Israeli Arabs, 318, 320
Israeli-Palestinian conflict, 304–40
document dispute in, 330–33, 335–36
Mitchell’s conclusions about, 313–15
moratorium on new housing and, 329–30, 334, 335, 336
1948 war and, 309, 310–11
Olmert-Abbas discussions in, 327–29
proximity talks in, 330–33
settlements in, 319, 323–26, 329–30, 334
as solvable vs. unsolvable, 315
two-state solution and, 312, 313, 314, 317, 318, 321, 324
Italian Americans, 352–53
Jackson, Henry “Scoop,” 126–27
Jefferson, Thomas, 54
Jensen and Baird, 91–92, 95, 101
Jerusalem, 309, 311, 316, 318, 322n, 327, 328, 329, 333, 334
Abbas-Netanyahu meeting in, 334, 335
international regime for, 310
&n
bsp; Jerusalem, East, 326, 330
Israeli capture and settlement in, 319, 323, 326n, 333, 334
use of term, 326n
Jews, 307–10, 317, 318, 320
Johnson, Lyndon B., 97–98, 323
Johnston, Bennett, 155, 157, 158, 160–62, 186n
Joint Drug Program, 282, 300
Jordan, 311, 312, 314, 322n, 326n, 329
Jordan Pond House, 375–76
Jorling, Thomas C., 183
Joseph, Abraham, 50
Justice Department, U.S., 89–90, 91
Kelly, Emmett, 34
Kennebec River, 3, 4, 17, 43, 44, 49, 152
bridges over, 15–16, 197, 199
natural falls in, 48
Kennedy, John F., 89
Kennedy, Robert, 90
Kennedy, Ted, 120
Kerry, John, 185
Key Biscayne, 140–41
King, Bob, 73, 74
Kissinger, Henry, 253
labor, 33, 34, 46
clean air efforts and, 171, 173, 179, 184
LaGuardia Airport, 257–58, 303
Lautenberg, Frank, 174, 177, 185
League of Nations, 309
Leahy, Pat, 188
Lebanon, Lebanese, 8, 10, 311, 318
as immigrants, 4, 6–7, 8, 50–51, 377, 378, 379
Maronite Church in, 18
Lee, Shepard, 114–16
Lew, Jack, 303–4
Lewiston, Maine, 26, 47, 131
Liberty Disaster Relief Fund, 261–64
lighthouse keepers, 54–55
lighthouses, 53–56
Littlehale, Stephanie, 341–43, 344
Livni, Tzipi, 327–28
Lloyd George, David, 308
London, 40, 82, 243–46, 329, 362–63
Longley, James, 100–101
Los Angeles, Calif., 266–67
McDonough, Denis, 336
McGovern, George, 99
McKelvey, Charlie, 75, 80
MacLachlan, Heather, see Mitchell, Heather MacLachlan
MacLachlan, Shirley, 244
McLaren, Richard, 298
McLaughlin, David, 261–62
McMahon, Henry, 307–8
McNamee, Brian, 297, 298, 299
Madrid Conference (1991), 322n
Maine, 41–109
economy of, 45, 47
history of, 43–47
law practices in, 88–92, 94–95, 98, 151n, 367, 370
as Lighthouse State, 53–56
Mitchell’s returns to, 88–92, 94–101, 183, 197, 215–16, 227–28, 344, 347, 352–55, 372, 375–77
oil spills and, 223–24
politics in, 45–46, 91, 93, 96, 97, 99–101, 113–18, 121–32
sense of community in, 341–43
settlement of, 43–45, 48–49
statehood for, 45
textile mills in, 4–5, 7, 9, 46–47, 50–51
touring and traveling in, 52–56, 95, 124, 352–55
transportation projects in, 197–200
U.S. attorney in, 79, 102–7, 109, 118, 139
U.S. District Court judges in, 79, 102–7, 109, 113, 114, 115, 118, 120, 139
young people in, 227–28, 341–44
Maine, University of, 344
Maine Central Railroad, 4, 50
Maine Community Foundation, 345
Maine Democratic State Committee, 95, 123
Maine Legislature, 99, 121, 224
Mainers, 148, 376
Maine students, Mitchell’s’s meeting with, xiii, 344
Mainiacs, use of term, 148n
Major League Baseball, 281–302
Major League Baseball Players Association, 282–83, 287–90, 292–96, 298–300
Making Peace (Mitchell), 247–49, 252
Mandela, Nelson, 201, 244
Marine Corps, U.S., 68–71
Maronite Church, 18–20
Marriott, Dean, 183
Maryland, 71–72, 87–88
Massachusetts, 45
medical privacy laws, 292
Medicare, 216, 219
Meltzer, Roger, 151n
Men of Zeal (Cohen and Mitchell), 150
Michel, Bob, 216–17
Middle East, 51, 303–40, 367
Mitchell’s statement on, 305–6
Northern Ireland compared with, 317, 337, 338, 340
peace process in, xiii-xiv, 150n, 243, 305–6, 351, 377
see also Israeli-Palestinian conflict
military, gays in, 230
Missouri Compromise, 45
Mitchell, Andrea, 95, 116, 140
Mitchell, Andrew MacLachlan, 243, 246–52, 303, 377
Disney and, 275–76
Middle East and, 304, 305
9/11 and, 257, 259–60, 261
Mitchell, Barbara, see Atkins, Barbara Mitchell
Mitchell, Claire, 246, 249–52, 303, 377
Disney and, 275–76
Middle East and, 304, 305
9/11 and, 259–60, 261
Mitchell, George, Jr.:
as altar boy, 18–20
in army, 24, 63, 66, 67, 71–82, 351, 367
birth of, 9, 377
book writing of, 150, 247–52, 367
campaigning of, 39, 96–101, 114, 145, 148, 149, 160, 171
as chancellor of Queen’s University, 243
clean air efforts of, 169–93
dating by, 32, 87, 88, 144
decision making of, 79, 80, 81, 228–31
driving of, 58–59, 68–71, 77, 352–55
early jobs of, 25–27, 29, 30, 32–35, 58–60, 76
education of, 11, 14, 18, 22–24, 27–30, 59–69, 71–72, 80–81, 88, 91, 364–66
family background of, 6–14, 109, 377–79
as father, 95, 96, 140, 246–47, 257, 259–60, 261, 303, 304, 305, 377
as federal judge, 79, 103–7, 109, 113, 114, 115, 118, 120, 139, 268, 297, 351, 364, 367, 369, 370
as gubernatorial candidate, 99–101
honors and awards of, 81, 145–46, 243
as insurance adjustor, 86–89
in law, xiii, 11, 14, 26, 88–92, 94–95, 101, 102–6, 118, 150–51, 260, 268, 273, 287, 351, 367, 370
in law school, 63, 80–81, 84–89
marriages of, 88–89, 144, 229, 235, 236, 268
9/11 and, 257–65
in Northern Ireland, see Northern Ireland
Olympic Games investigation of, 279–80, 289
performance-enhancing drugs investigated by, 286–301
public speaking of, 19–20, 30, 40, 146, 151–52, 167–68, 170, 185–86, 198–99, 215, 227–28, 239, 257, 258, 266, 267, 344
in ROTC, 65–66
in Senate, see Senate, U.S.
in sports, 21–25, 30, 31, 32, 58, 62–65, 284–85, 365
tax reform and, 201–19
as U.S. attorney, 79, 102–7, 109, 118, 139, 268, 296, 297, 370
as U.S. envoy for Middle East peace, xiii-xiv, 150n, 243, 303–40, 351
values of, 13–14, 81, 89, 125, 377
voting of, 79–80, 89
Mitchell, George, Sr., 7–14, 18, 36, 52–53, 58, 109, 377–79
adoption of, 8, 378
death of, 10–11, 13
education emphasized by, 22, 25, 57, 84, 89, 366
jobs and unemployment of, 8–9, 11–13, 66, 124, 365
Mitchell’s relationship with, 11, 12–13, 20, 23, 25, 27, 28, 66–67, 347, 365
self-education and reading of, 8, 12–13, 55–56
sports and, 22–23, 31
values of, 13, 14, 89, 125
Mitchell, Heather MacLachlan, 143–44, 239, 242, 273, 303
childbirths of, 247, 252
Disney and, 267, 268
marriage of, 144, 229, 235, 236
Middle East and, 304–5
9/11 and, 257, 259–60, 261
Northern Ireland and, 40, 246, 249, 350–51
Mitchell, Janet Fraser, 32, 33, 40, 68, 69, 71, 144, 229, 235, 236, 268
Mitchell, John, 8, 1
8, 20–24, 29, 31, 90
education of, 84, 366
sports and, 21–24, 34, 65, 132, 284, 365
Mitchell, Mary (George Sr.’s adoptive mother), 8
Mitchell, Mary (George Sr.’s wife), v, 6–7, 21, 22–23, 36, 52, 58, 109
birth of, 6
Catholic faith of, 10, 13
cooking and food preparation of, 10, 52, 57, 61, 69, 70
death of, 11
domestic work of, 9, 60
education emphasized by, 57, 84
husband’s death and, 10–11
Lebanese background of, 6–7, 377–79
mill work of, 7, 9, 51, 60
Mitchell’s relationship with, 9, 13–14, 27, 28, 60, 347, 380
values of, 13–14
Mitchell, Paul, 17, 18, 20–24, 31, 39, 90, 143
education of, 84, 366
sports and, 21–24, 65, 284, 285–86, 365
Mitchell, Robbie, 18, 20–24, 31–40, 68–71, 86, 90
business ventures of, 32–35, 40
death of, 40
education of, 68, 84, 366
sports and, 21–24, 31, 32, 58, 65, 284, 365
Mitchell, Sally Heath, 87–90, 131
death of, 140
Mitchell, Yvette, 285
Mitchell Institute, 345–46
Mitchell Scholarship, 30, 343–47
Molho, Yitzhak, 332–33
Monaghan, Michael, 242, 243
Monaghan, Patrick, 242
Moon Is Down, The (Steinbeck), 29
Morrell family, 58–59, 85–86, 347
Morrill, Rupert, 85–86
Most Favored Nation status, 141–42
Mount Desert Island, xiii, 53, 108, 239, 372–79
Moyers, Bill, 97
Moynihan, Daniel Patrick “Pat,” 194–96, 203n
Mubarak, Hosni, 334
Mulroney, Brian, 173
Munich Olympic Games (1972), 311
Muskie, Edmund, 28, 93–99, 105–6, 149, 347
public speaking of, 352–55, 357
in Senate, 46, 90–91, 93, 113, 118, 119, 133, 169, 183, 352–55
Senate replacement for, 113–18, 126, 128
Ziffren and, 125–26
Muskie, Jane, 90
Muslim Brotherhood, 307, 311, 336
Nastase, Ilie, 142–43, 144
Navy, U.S., 151, 199
negotiation, art of, 349–71
chance and, 269–71
lessons about, xiii, 351
listening in, 355–59, 361–62, 364
patience and, 359–64
risk and, 354–58
Netanyahu, Benjamin, 314, 327–28, 329, 332–38
New York, N.Y., 7, 34, 143–44, 249, 273, 298, 362–63
Middle East peace meetings in, 330, 332
9/11 in, 257–62
New York Times, 261
Nicaragua, 135, 136
Nicoll, Don, 90–91
9/11, 257–65, 270, 315
Nixon, Richard, 98, 99, 323
nonviolence, 312, 313, 314, 337, 339
North, Oliver, 135–39
North Carolina, 68–71
Northern Ireland, 235–54, 278
Andrew’s Peace in, 246–52