Birney’s documentary in, 246, 249
Mitchell’s ties to, 243
Omagh in, 239–45, 251–52
peace process in, xiii-xiv, 40, 63, 136, 236, 239–53, 268, 303, 304, 305, 317, 337, 338, 340, 351, 355–56, 358, 361–63, 366–67, 377–79
Northern Ireland Assembly, 244, 248, 250–51
Not for America Alone—The Triumph of Democracy and the Fall of Communism (Mitchell), 79n
Novitzky, Jeff, 297
nuns, 7–8, 18
Obama, Barack, 243, 303–6
Middle East policy and, 304–6, 317, 319, 325–27, 329, 330, 333–34, 339
Mitchell’s meetings with, 304–5
Office of the U.S. Atorney for the Northern District of California, 296
oil, 315–16
oil spills, 223–25
Oklahoma City bombing, 265
Old Senate Chamber, 154–55, 161
Olmert, Ehud, 325, 327–29, 332n, 334
Olympic Games, 277–80, 311
Omagh, 239–45, 251–52
Oslo Accords (1993), 313, 314, 317
Ottoman Empire, 307–9
Pachios, Harold, 97–98, 136
Packwood, Bob, 202–3, 204, 205
Padgett, George, 80, 86
Palestine:
British mandate in, 309, 310
Jewish immigration to, 309, 310
as Jewish national home, 308, 309
Jewish state in, 308, 310
partition of, 310, 321
Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO), 311, 312, 322n, 337
Palestinian Authority (PA), 312, 313, 314, 320–22, 332n, 336, 339
Palestinians, 259, 311
intifadas of, 312
state for, 312, 313, 314, 316–17, 319–22, 327–29, 335, 338
see also Israeli-Palestinian conflict
paper mills, 4, 5, 15, 16, 47, 50, 59, 76, 94
Pappas, Bill, 63–64
Paris, 6–7, 82–83
payroll tax, 216
Pedroia, Dustin, 281
Pelosi, Nancy, 145
Pennsylvania, 181, 195–96, 271–73
Penobscot River, 43, 53
Peralta, Jhonny, 282
Peters, Don, 375–76
Philadelphia, Pa., 271–73
Pickup, Jim, 264
Pittsfield, Maine, 147
police, New York City, 258–61
Polish immigrants, 94, 172
politics, 88–102
exaggerations and misrepresentations in, 130–31
in Maine, see Maine, politics in
Mitchell’s changed feelings for, 92, 95–96
Sally’s dislike of, 88, 90, 95–96, 99, 116, 125, 131, 133, 140
pollution:
environmental laws and, 93, 94, 169–93
water, 4, 223–25
population growth, 169, 170
Porter, Roger, 176, 177, 189, 190
Portland, Maine, 21, 26, 34–35, 53, 94, 114–16, 198, 199, 344, 345
courthouse in, 104–5, 107
election of 1982 in, 131–32
law practices in, 88–92, 94–95, 98, 151n
LBJ’s visit to, 97
oil imports and, 224
Portland Evening Express, 132
Portland Head Light, 55
Portland Press Herald, 182–83
Protestants, 48, 250
public opinion polls, 121–24, 139, 149, 202, 317
Quayle, Dan, 186n, 210
Quebec, 3, 44, 47
Rabin, Yitzhak, 313
Radomski, Kirk, 297, 298, 299
railroads, 3–5, 8, 18, 50
Mitchell’s travel by, 71, 73–74
restoration of, 199–200
environmental issues and, 170–71, 184
Middle East policy and, 324
taxes and, 202–5, 207, 214–15, 219, 220
transportation bill and, 198
Reagan Plan, 324
Reef, Grace, 197–98, 199
Reilly, Bill, 176
Republican Party, Republicans, 149, 151, 157, 163, 206, 222, 229–30
clean air efforts and, 174, 175–76, 178, 183, 185, 186, 189
election of 1982 and, 121, 122, 129, 131
election of 1998 and, 147–48
health care reform and, 232, 234
Iran-Contra Select Committee and, 139, 149
Maine, 10, 46, 91, 93, 97, 100–101, 114, 116, 228, 354
Radical, 155
taxes and, 202–19
Reserve Officers Training Corps (ROTC), 65–66, 69
Roadmap for peace, 324, 326
Rockefeller, David, 374
Rockefeller, John D., Jr., 374
rockets, 313, 318–19, 325, 339
Romania, Romanians, 141–44
Roosevelt, Franklin, 46
Rostenkowski, Dan, 211
Rumford, Maine, 47, 94, 352–55
Russia, 308, 309, 313
Saad, Ameen, 6
Saad, Hilda, 6
Saad, Marium, see Boles, Marium Saad
Saad, Mintaha, see Mitchell, Mary
Saad, Rose, 6
Saad, Tamem, 6
Sadat, Anwar, 311
St. Joseph’s Church, 18–20
St. Joseph’s Maronite Parochial School, 18, 19
Salt Lake City scandal, 278–79, 289
Sampras, Pete, 144
San Francisco, Calif., 296, 297
Sarbanes, Paul, 194
Sasser, Jim, 210–11
Scheeler, Charlie, 288, 297
Schools, Scott, 296–97
Seagram, Norman, 277
Selig, Bud, 286–89, 300
Senate, U.S., 46, 54, 60, 88, 111–236
appointments approved by, 102, 106, 231
Appropriations Committee of, 178, 186, 188, 210–11
Budget Committee of, 210–11
clean air efforts in, 169–93
election of 1982 and, 117–18, 121–32, 149
Environmental Protection Subcommittee of, 172–74
Environment and Public Works Committee of, 158, 171, 173–81, 183, 189–92, 194–200, 232
filibusters in, 119–20, 175, 180, 217
Finance Committee of, 158, 159, 163, 202–3, 204, 211, 221–22, 232
Foreign Relations Committee of, 142
health care reform and, 231–35
Housing Credit and, 220–23
Joint Tax Committee of, 221
Mitchell as deputy president pro tempore of, 145–46
Mitchell as majority leader in, 124, 125, 169–93, 228–29, 344, 351, 359, 360–61
Mitchell in, xiii, xiv, 11, 21, 53, 55, 87, 93, 111–236, 303, 351, 355, 357–59, 367, 370, 375
Mitchell in election for majority leader of, 148, 151–64
Mitchell’s appointment to, 113–18, 126, 127, 151, 170, 364, 365, 369–70
Mitchell’s retirement from, 150, 228–31, 236, 267–68, 304, 344, 345, 360, 364
Muskie in, 46, 90–91, 93, 113, 118, 119, 133, 169, 183, 352–55
Obama in, 304
oil spills and, 223–25
Romania and, 141–42
tax reform and, 201–19
Veterans Affairs Committee in, 130
sequester, 206
Shamir, Yitzhak, 310
Sharon, Ariel, 313
Shaw, Bill, 58, 347, 365, 366
Shuster, Bud, 194–96
Sigma Nu fraternity, 59, 62–63, 68
Sinatra, Frank, 146
slavery, 45–46
Snowe, Olympia, 121–23
Southern California, University of (USC), 266–67
Soviet Union, 74, 76, 77, 141
“Special Report to Maine Veterans,” 129–31
sports, 21–25, 277–302
Olympic Games and, 277–80, 311
see also baseball; basketball; football; tennis
State Department, U.S., 141, 303–6, 334
“Statement by the President,” 212–14
Steinbeck, John, 29, 342
Stephenson, Ian, 250
Stephenson, Lucy, 250
Stern, Donna, 108–9
Stern, Ed, 96–97, 104, 108, 109
Stern, Jason, 107–8
Stern, Marshall, 97, 104–9, 375–76
steroid use, 290–92, 298–99
Stevens, Ron, 31, 33–34, 284–85
Stevenson, Adlai, 80
Stowe, Harriet Beecher, 45–46
suicide, 78, 108–9
Summer Olympic Games (1996), 277
Sumner, Charles, 155
Sunni Muslims, 307, 316
Sununu, John, 176, 187–88
tax policy and, 201, 207, 208, 210–12
Supreme Court, U.S., 155, 231, 233, 364, 365, 370
Sweden, 319
Sykes-Picot Agreement, 308–9
Symms, Steve, 186–87
Syria, 308, 311, 315
Syrians, use of term, 49, 51
Talmadge, Maine, 166–68
tanks, German Army, 37–39
taxes, 201–19
capital gains, 203–5
excise, 216, 217, 219
gas, 194, 216, 217, 219
income, 103–4, 202, 203, 206, 214, 217–19, 373
increase in, 202, 207, 208, 212–19
tax reform, 159, 201–21
Tax Reform Act (1986), 221, 223
Taylor, Elizabeth, 120
television, 139, 146, 202, 217, 231
ABC, 270, 274
political ads on, 127–28, 129
tennis, 140–44, 157
terrorism, 139, 312, 315
textile mills, 4–5, 7, 9, 46–47, 50–51
Thomas, Frank, 295–96
Tiriac, Ion, 141–44
transit systems, 194, 198
transportation infrastructure, 194–200
Travelers Insurance Company, 85–89
Travels with Charley (Steinbeck), 342
Treasury Department, U.S., 217
Trimble, David, 241, 245
Trout, Mike, 281
Truman, Harry, 311
Turkey, 307–8
Udall, Mo, 154, 161
unemployment, 11–12, 57, 124, 365
United Kingdom, 242, 245, 319, 361, 366–67
see also Great Britain
United Nations (UN), 310, 313, 321–24, 337
General Assembly of, 310, 319
Security Council of, 319, 331n
United States, 76, 141–42, 308, 311
investments in future of, 197–200
meaning of, 13, 109, 379
Middle East peace process and, 305–6, 311–39
Romania’s relations with, 141–42
U.S. Olympic Committee (USOC), 278–80, 289
U.S. Open Tournament, 143–44
Utrecht, Treaty of (1713), 44
Vance, Cyrus, 113, 324, 369, 370
Verner, Liifert, Bernhard, McPherson, and Hand, 150n, 268
violence, 40
in the Middle East, 304, 306, 309–13, 318, 321, 324–25, 328, 339
in Northern Ireland, 239, 240–41, 245, 247–48, 250, 367
War of 1812, 45, 154
Washington, D.C., 74–92, 96, 134, 258, 345
Abbas in, 326, 334
Eisner in, 267
Mitchell-Hillary Clinton meetings in, 303–4
Netanyahu’s visit to, 333–34
Queen Elizabeth in, 244
Sally’s refusal to move to, 116
Washington, George, 54
Washington Post, 178, 326, 327
Watergate, 100, 149
Waterville, Maine, 3–8, 11–13, 28–36, 47–52, 57, 61, 90, 199
Front Street in, 18–20, 59
Head of Falls in, 3–5, 8, 15, 17, 18
mills in, 4–5, 47, 50
Mitchell’s returns to, 66–69, 72
sports in, 21–24
Waxman, Henry, 172–74, 191–92
Wells, Frank, 267
West Bank, 312, 314, 318, 326n, 339
Israeli capture of, 311, 323
White House, 236
Mitchell at, 201, 230–31
Whitten, Elvira, 28–30, 347
Will, George, 287n
Williams, Ted, 22, 24, 284, 286
Wilson, Pete, 185
Wilson, Woodrow, 374
Winslow, John, 48
Winslow, Maine, 48, 199
paper mill in, 4, 5, 15, 16, 50, 59
Winter Olympic Games (1998), 278
Winter Olympic Games (2002), 278, 289
Wirth, Tim, 185
work, 35–37, 87, 89
family vs., 96, 99, 125, 133, 227
World Trade Tower, 257, 258, 261
World War I, 46, 307–8
World War II, 29, 38, 52, 63, 74, 75, 77, 80, 135, 232
Dole in, 164
Middle East and, 309–10
Wright, Billy, 367
Wyandotte Worsted Factory (formerly the Riverview), 4–5, 60
Wyman, Jasper “Jack,” 147–48, 166
Ziffren, Paul, 125–27
Zionists, 308, 322n
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Mitchell, George J. (George John), 1933–
The negotiator : a memoir / George J. Mitchell.
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1. Mitchell, George J. (George John), 1933– 2. Legislators—United States—Biography. 3. United States. Congress. Senate—Biography. 4. United States—Politics and government—20th century. 5. Conduct of life. 6. Maine—Biography. I. Title.
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