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Abbas, Mahmoud, 312, 314, 321, 326–30, 333–39

Netanyahu’s meetings with, 334–38

ABC television, 270, 274

Abdullah, King of Jordan, 334

Abenaki, 43, 44

abortion, 147, 167–68

Acadia National Park, 53, 373, 374–75

acid rain, 170, 171, 172, 174, 180

Afghanistan, 305, 306

Air Line Road, 354–55, 357

alcohol, tax on, 194, 216, 217, 219

American Indians, 43–44, 48, 53, 102, 372

American Red Cross, 261–64

Amoco Cadiz oil spill, 225

Amtrak, 199–200

Anastasia (movie), 82–83

Andrew’s Peace, 246–52

anticommunism, 72, 79, 135, 136

Arabia, 307–8

Arabic language, 19, 24, 378

Arab Peace Initiative (2002), 325

Arabs, 307–11, 314, 318, 321, 322, 325, 336, 339

Israeli, 318, 320

settlement freeze and, 326

uprisings of, 309, 310

Arafat, Yasser, 311, 312, 321

Argo Merchant oil spill, 225

Armstrong, Lance, 291n

Army, U.S., 24, 63, 65–66, 69

Intelligence Service of, 66, 71–82, 84–85, 367

Aspirations of Maine’s Youth (conference), 344

Atkins, Barbara Mitchell, 6, 7, 18, 20, 39, 40–41, 244, 379

education of, 68, 94

Atkins, Eddie, 141

Baer, Max, 79

Baird, Ken, 91–92

Baker, James A., III, 323

BALCO (Bay Area Laboratory Co-operative) scandal, 289, 293, 296, 297

Balfour Declaration, 308

Baltimore, Md., 71–72

Bangor, Maine, 8, 38, 50, 97, 106–7, 108, 354, 355

Bangor High School, 343

Barak, Ehud, 312, 313, 318

Bar Harbor, Maine, 38, 52, 53, 373

Barstow, David, 261

baseball, 21, 22, 24, 30, 198

Blue Ribbon Commission report on, 287

girls in, 198

Mitchell’s investigation of, 287–301

performance-enhancing drugs and, 281–302

Basic Agreement, 282–83, 294, 295, 299

basketball, 21–24, 31, 32, 34–35

at Bowdoin, 58, 59, 62, 64–65

Bath Iron Works, 151–53, 197, 199

Baucus, Max, 158, 159

clean air efforts and, 174, 177, 179, 180, 182, 183

Begin, Menachem, 310, 311

Belfast, 40, 243, 247, 362–63

Belfast, Maine, 52, 53

Ben-Gurion, David, 310–11

Benoit, Larry, 127–28, 130–31

Bentsen, Lloyd, 211

Bergman, Ingrid, 82–83

Berlin, 72–82, 84–85, 86, 88, 109, 367

refugees in, 76–79

Bernhard, Berl, 150n, 261–62, 264

Best family, 250

Beverly Hills, Calif., 125–27, 132, 173

Biden, Joe, 187–88, 303, 333, 334

Biogenisis clinic, 282, 300

Birney, Trevor, 246, 249, 250

Bkassine, 6, 379

Blackmun, Harry, 231, 233

Black September, 311

Blair, Tony, 242, 245

blood testing, 282, 291

Boles, Eugenie, 6–7

Boles, Marium Saad, 6, 7

Boles, Thomas, 6, 7

bombing, 240–41, 247, 251, 265

of King David Hotel, 310

book signing, 63–64

Boston, Mass, 7–8, 69, 71, 200, 285–86, 296–97, 378

Boston Red Sox, 24, 281, 284, 285–86

Bowdoin College, 59–69, 88, 91, 364–66

history of, 60–61

Boyle, Jessica, 342–44

Boys Club, 29, 32, 33

Bradley, Bill, 159, 203n

Brady, Nicholas, 201, 211

Brann, Louis, 46

Breaux, John, 177

Brennan, Joe, 99, 113–18

Breyer, Stephen, 233

bridges, 4, 15–16, 54, 82–83, 194, 195, 199

in Ireland, 378–79

in New York, 257–60

Bridges, Styles, 87, 89

Bristol, Maine, trip to, 36–40

Brokaw, Tom, 131

Brunswick, Maine, 57–67, 197–200

Brunswick Bypass, 197, 199

Brunswick Naval Air Station, 197, 199

budget, 202, 218, 220, 361

Clinton policy and, 229, 230, 361

deficit, 203, 205–7, 209–16

Bush, George H. W., 138, 168, 323

budget and, 206–7, 209–13, 361

clean air efforts and, 171–72, 175–76, 178, 183–86, 189–92

taxes and, 201–2, 204–19

Bush, George W., 316, 326, 331

business, xiii, 58–59, 203

clean air efforts and, 173, 178, 179, 184

health care reform and, 231–32

Robbie’s ventures in, 32–35

transportation projects and, 198–99

Byrd, Robert C., 145, 147, 149, 155–56, 160–63, 244

clean air efforts and, 18–79, 169, 171, 184–88

funeral of, 188

Byrd amendment, 169, 184–88

California, 125–27, 132, 145, 173, 198, 266–67, 286

Camp David agreements, 311, 312

Camp Lejeune, 66–69

Canada, Canadians, 44, 46, 144, 224

environmental issues and, 171, 172

Olympic Games and, 277, 279

cap-and-trade, 175, 184

capital, 204

equity vs. debt, 221

capital gains tax, 203–5

Capitol, U.S., 154–55

cars and driving, 33, 36, 52–53, 57, 58–59, 68–71, 77, 87, 107–8, 197

clean air efforts and, 173, 174, 185

with Muskie, 352–55

9/11 and, 257–60

pollution and, 169, 170, 174

Carter, Jimmy, 102, 105, 106, 311, 324, 353

hostage crisis and, 113, 369

Catholics, 7–8, 10, 13, 86–87, 250, 378

Maronite, 18–20

Ceausescu, Nicolae, 141

Central Intelligence Agency (CIA), 84–85

Chafee, John, 174, 177, 182

health care reform and, 232–34

taxes and, 203n, 204, 205

Chamberlain, Joshua, 60

Champlain, Samuel de, 48, 372–73

Cheney, Dick, 137

Chicago, Ill., 295, 304

China, 13

Christian Civic League of Maine, 147

Christian Right, 147

cigarettes, tax on, 194, 216, 217, 219

Civil War, U.S., 45, 46, 60

Clarke, John, 288

Clean Air Act (1970), 93, 223n

1977 amendment to, 170

1990 amendment to, 169–93, 205, 206, 218, 220, 361

Clinton, Bill, 141, 150, 229–36, 345, 365

budget and, 229, 230, 361

health care reform and, 229, 231–35, 303

Ireland policy and, 235–36, 241–42, 268

Middle East and, 304, 311–12, 324

Clinton, Hillary Rodham, 229, 231, 305

Middle East policy and, 303–4, 333–34, 336

coal miners, coal, 171, 179, 181, 184

Cohen, Bill, 122, 149–53

Cohen Group, 150–51

Colby College, 11–13, 34, 59, 66–67, 343

baseball at, 284–85

cold war, 74–80

Commissioner’s Office, 292, 300

communism, communists, 75, 76, 79, 80, 135, 141

Congress, U.S., 45, 54, 105, 145, 194, 319

Iran-Contra Select Committee of, 135–39, 149–50, 157, 158

joint committee on taxation of, 203

Mandela’s addressing of, 201

“out-of-control-pork-barrel” spending of, 199

see also House of Representatives, U.S.; Senate, U.S.

Congressional Budget Office, 206, 217

contras, xiv, 135–39

Coombs, Edmund “Beezer,” 64–65

corruption, Olympic Games and, 277–80, 289

counterfeit bills story, 376–77

criminal cases, 104–7, 138

Curtis, Ken, 114, 115, 118

election of 1982 and, 121–23, 128–29

Danforth, John, 203n, 222

Darman, Dick, 201, 209–12, 218–19

debt, 206, 207, 270

housing and, 221, 222

democracy, 79n, 80, 136, 137, 141, 216, 251

Democratic National Committee, 96, 99

Democratic National Convention (1968), 06, 99

Democratic Party, Democrats, 138, 139, 145–49, 151, 206, 229–30, 304, 357

clean air efforts and, 171, 174, 175, 178, 185–86, 189, 191

election of Senate majority leader and, 148, 151–64

health care reform and, 231–35

taxes and, 202, 204, 205, 208–10, 216–18

Democratic Party, Maine, 46, 91, 95–96, 97, 114, 115, 147

election of 1982 and, 122, 123, 128

Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee, 145, 158

DiMaggio, Joe, 284, 285–86

Dingell, John, Jr., 182–84, 190–92

Dingell, John, Sr., 172

Disney (Walt Disney Company), 266–76

board of directors of, 267–75, 286

Mitchell offered presidency of, 267–68

Disney, Roy, 268, 270–75

District Court, U.S., judges in, 102–7, 109, 113, 114, 115, 118

DLA Piper, 150–51, 264, 287

document dispute, 330–33, 335–36

Dole, Bob, 149, 232

clean air efforts and, 175–76, 186–87

Mitchell’s relationship with, 163–65

“Don’t Ask Don’t Tell” policy, 230

drugs, 104–5

performance-enhancing, 281–302

drug testing, 282–84, 287, 290–91, 295, 298–301

Dukes, Walter, 34–35

Durenberger, David, 174, 177, 182

economy, U.S., 202, 208–9, 218–21

education, 341–47

Egypt, 307, 311–14, 334, 336

Eisenhower, Dwight D., 77, 79–80

Eisner, Michael, 267–75

elections, 46

for Senate majority leader (1988), 148, 151–64, 171

elections, Maine, 91

of 1966, 114

of 1974, 99–101, 113

of 1978, 113

of 1982, 117–18, 121–33, 149, 156, 159

of 1988, 157, 166, 201

of 1998, 147–48

of 2004, 180

elections, U.S.:

of 1956, 79–80

of 1960, 89

of 1964, 90, 97–98

of 1968, 94, 96–99

of 1972, 94, 99, 113, 125, 126

of 1976, 102, 113, 163

of 1980, 113

of 1986, 145, 158

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

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, 18, 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

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

Reagan, Ronald, 135, 136, 139, 145–46

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