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Abbas, Mahmoud, 312, 314, 321, 326–30, 333–39
Netanyahu’s meetings with, 334–38
Abdullah, King of Jordan, 334
Acadia National Park, 53, 373, 374–75
acid rain, 170, 171, 172, 174, 180
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
Arab Peace Initiative (2002), 325
Arabs, 307–11, 314, 318, 321, 322, 325, 336, 339
settlement freeze and, 326
Argo Merchant oil spill, 225
Armstrong, Lance, 291n
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
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
Bar Harbor, Maine, 38, 52, 53, 373
Barstow, David, 261
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
Bath Iron Works, 151–53, 197, 199
clean air efforts and, 174, 177, 179, 180, 182, 183
Ben-Gurion, David, 310–11
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
Black September, 311
Boles, Eugenie, 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
Brann, Louis, 46
Breaux, John, 177
Breyer, Stephen, 233
bridges, 4, 15–16, 54, 82–83, 194, 195, 199
in Ireland, 378–79
in New York, 257–60
Bristol, Maine, trip to, 36–40
Brokaw, Tom, 131
Brunswick, Maine, 57–67, 197–200
Brunswick Naval Air Station, 197, 199
Clinton policy and, 229, 230, 361
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
Bush, George W., 316, 326, 331
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
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
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
Carter, Jimmy, 102, 105, 106, 311, 324, 353
Catholics, 7–8, 10, 13, 86–87, 250, 378
Maronite, 18–20
Ceausescu, Nicolae, 141
Central Intelligence Agency (CIA), 84–85
health care reform and, 232–34
Chamberlain, Joshua, 60
Champlain, Samuel de, 48, 372–73
Cheney, Dick, 137
China, 13
Christian Civic League of Maine, 147
Christian Right, 147
cigarettes, tax on, 194, 216, 217, 219
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
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 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
Coombs, Edmund “Beezer,” 64–65
corruption, Olympic Games and, 277–80, 289
counterfeit bills story, 376–77
election of 1982 and, 121–23, 128–29
Darman, Dick, 201, 209–12, 218–19
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
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
District Court, U.S., judges in, 102–7, 109, 113, 114, 115, 118
document dispute, 330–33, 335–36
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
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 1978, 113
of 1982, 117–18, 121–33, 149, 156, 159
of 1998, 147–48
of 2004, 180
elections, U.S.:
of 1956, 79–80
of 1960, 89
of 1972, 94, 99, 113, 125, 126
of 1980, 113
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
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
Fessenden, William Pitt, 60
filibuster, 119–20, 175, 180, 217
Fitzwater, Marlin, 210
taxes and, 201, 207, 211–13, 217–18
Ford, Gerald, 323–24
Fort Holabird, 71–73
Fort Point Lighthouse, 55–56
Fox Family Worldwide, 270
Middle East and, 307, 309, 319, 320
Fraser, Janet, see Mitchell, Janet Fraser
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
gays, in military, 230
Gaza, 304–5, 311, 317, 318, 321, 324–25, 328
Hamas control of, 312–13
Georgetown University Law School, 80–81, 84–89, 342
Gephardt, Dick, 229.231
taxes and, 201, 208, 211–13, 217–18
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
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
Gaza taken over by, 312–13
unity government formed by, 336
Hamilton, Alexander, 54
Hamilton, Lee, 139
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
Henderson, Paul, 277
Henry, Mert, 91
Hernandez, David, 281
Hezbollah, 318
Hibey, Richard, 279
Holbrooke, Richard, 305
Hollings, Ernest, 206n
Hollingsworth and Whitney paper mill, 4, 5, 50
Holocaust, 310
Honkawa, Yoshi, 266–67
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
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
Lebanese, 4, 6–7, 8, 50–51, 377, 378, 379
income tax, 103–4, 202, 203, 206, 214, 217–19, 373
industrialization, industry, 46–47, 50–51
clean air efforts and, 169, 170, 171, 173, 189
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-Contra investigation, xiv, 135–39, 149–50, 157, 158
Iranian hostage crisis, 113, 369
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
Jewish-Arab divide in, 320
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-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
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
Israeli capture and settlement in, 319, 323, 326n, 333, 334
use of term, 326n
Johnson, Lyndon B., 97–98, 323
Johnston, Bennett, 155, 157, 158, 160–62, 186n
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
natural falls in, 48
Kennedy, John F., 89
Kennedy, Robert, 90
Kennedy, Ted, 120
Kerry, John, 185
Key Biscayne, 140–41
Kissinger, Henry, 253
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
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
MacLachlan, Heather, see Mitchell, Heather MacLachlan
MacLachlan, Shirley, 244
McLaren, Richard, 298
McLaughlin, David, 261–62
McMahon, Henry, 307–8
Madrid Conference (1991), 322n
Maine, 41–109
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
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 Community Foundation, 345
Maine Democratic State Committee, 95, 123
Maine Legislature, 99, 121, 224
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
Marine Corps, U.S., 68–71
Maronite Church, 18–20
Marriott, Dean, 183
Massachusetts, 45
medical privacy laws, 292
Meltzer, Roger, 151n
Men of Zeal (Cohen and Mitchell), 150
Michel, Bob, 216–17
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
Mitchell, Barbara, see Atkins, Barbara Mitchell
Mitchell, Claire, 246, 249–52, 303, 377
Disney and, 275–76
Mitchell, George, Jr.:
as altar boy, 18–20
in army, 24, 63, 66, 67, 71–82, 351, 367
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
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
Mitchell, George, Sr., 7–14, 18, 36, 52–53, 58, 109, 377–79
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
Mitchell, Heather MacLachlan, 143–44, 239, 242, 273, 303
marriage of, 144, 229, 235, 236
Middle East and, 304–5
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
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
cooking and food preparation of, 10, 52, 57, 61, 69, 70
death of, 11
education emphasized by, 57, 84
husband’s death and, 10–11
Lebanese background of, 6–7, 377–79
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
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
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, 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
negotiation, art of, 349–71
chance and, 269–71
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
Nicoll, Don, 90–91
nonviolence, 312, 313, 314, 337, 339
North, Oliver, 135–39
North Carolina, 68–71
Andrew’s Peace in, 246–52
Birney’s documentary in, 246, 249
Mitchell’s ties to, 243
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
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
Oslo Accords (1993), 313, 314, 317
Ottoman Empire, 307–9
Packwood, Bob, 202–3, 204, 205
Palestine:
Jewish immigration to, 309, 310
as Jewish national home, 308, 309
Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO), 311, 312, 322n, 337
Palestinian Authority (PA), 312, 313, 314, 320–22, 332n, 336, 339
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
payroll tax, 216
Pedroia, Dustin, 281
Pelosi, Nancy, 145
Pennsylvania, 181, 195–96, 271–73
Peralta, Jhonny, 282
Peters, Don, 375–76
Philadelphia, Pa., 271–73
Pickup, Jim, 264
Pittsfield, Maine, 147
police, New York City, 258–61
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
Porter, Roger, 176, 177, 189, 190
Portland, Maine, 21, 26, 34–35, 53, 94, 114–16, 198, 199, 344, 345
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
public opinion polls, 121–24, 139, 149, 202, 317
Rabin, Yitzhak, 313
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
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
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
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
Schools, Scott, 296–97
Seagram, Norman, 277
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
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
“Special Report to Maine Veterans,” 129–31
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
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
Stevens, Ron, 31, 33–34, 284–85
Stevenson, Adlai, 80
Stowe, Harriet Beecher, 45–46
Summer Olympic Games (1996), 277
Sumner, Charles, 155
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
Talmadge, Maine, 166–68
tanks, German Army, 37–39
taxes, 201–19
capital gains, 203–5
income, 103–4, 202, 203, 206, 214, 217–19, 373
increase in, 202, 207, 208, 212–19
Tax Reform Act (1986), 221, 223
Taylor, Elizabeth, 120
television, 139, 146, 202, 217, 231
textile mills, 4–5, 7, 9, 46–47, 50–51
Thomas, Frank, 295–96
Tiriac, Ion, 141–44
transportation infrastructure, 194–200
Travelers Insurance Company, 85–89
Travels with Charley (Steinbeck), 342
Treasury Department, U.S., 217
Trout, Mike, 281
Truman, Harry, 311
Turkey, 307–8
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
Security Council of, 319, 331n
United States, 76, 141–42, 308, 311
investments in future of, 197–200
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
Washington, D.C., 74–92, 96, 134, 258, 345
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
Waterville, Maine, 3–8, 11–13, 28–36, 47–52, 57, 61, 90, 199
Head of Falls in, 3–5, 8, 15, 17, 18
Mitchell’s returns to, 66–69, 72
sports in, 21–24
Wells, Frank, 267
West Bank, 312, 314, 318, 326n, 339
White House, 236
Will, George, 287n
Williams, Ted, 22, 24, 284, 286
Wilson, Pete, 185
Wilson, Woodrow, 374
Winslow, John, 48
paper mill in, 4, 5, 15, 16, 50, 59
Winter Olympic Games (1998), 278
Winter Olympic Games (2002), 278, 289
Wirth, Tim, 185
family vs., 96, 99, 125, 133, 227
World Trade Tower, 257, 258, 261
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