John Ashcroft
John Ashcroft 1942-, American political figure, b. Chicago, grad. Yale Univ. (B.A., 1964), Univ. of Chicago School of Law (J.D., 1967). A conservative Republican, Ashcroft was Missouri state auditor (1975-76) and attorney general (1976-85) before being twice elected to the post of governor (1985-93). He served as a U.S. senator from Missouri (1995-2001) but was defeated in his bid for a second term. In his various political offices, Ashcroft expressed staunchly conservative views, opposing abortion and gun control and favoring the death penalty. Under President George W. Bush , he served (2001-5) as U.S. attorney general. Despite some strong protests because of Ashcroft's right-wing views, he was confirmed by the Senate after a vote in which most Democrats opposed his nomination. Although he was again an advocate of conservative social positions as attorney general, he was most noted for seeking, in the wake of the Sept. 11, 2001, terror attacks, to eliminate what he saw as hindrances to a strong, sometimes sweeping law enforcement approach to combating terrorism.
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Mont Saint Michel: France's 'Marvelous Pyramid'.(CULTURE)
Magazine article from: World and I; 4/1/2007; ; 700+ words
; "Mont-Saint-Michel comes into view like a sublime thing...anniversary of the Benedictines' arrival at Mont Saint Michel, French officials invited Catholic monks to return to the Mont in 1966. In 2001, the Monastic Fraternities...
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France engaged in ambitious project to undo the damage at Mont-Saint-Michel
News Wire article from: AP Worldstream; 10/31/2005; ; 700+ words
; ...31-2005 Dateline: MONT-SAINT-MICHEL, France While much...ancient Egypt. "Mont-Saint-Michel appears like something...wrote. Today, the Mont draws 3 million visitors...threaten the city. Mont-Saint-Michel Mayor Patrick Gaulois...
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France Prepares to Save Abbey's Islet; Plan to Raise Tide Levels Around Mont-Saint-Michel to Cost $260 Million
Newspaper article from: The Washington Post; 12/4/2005; ; 700+ words
; ...nondescript Normandy landscape, Mont-Saint-Michel is both a monument to human will...delaying government approval. But Mont-Saint-Michel's mayor, Patrick Gaulois...says he can't imagine the Mont surrounded by grass. "There...
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France looking to raise the sea to save a treasure; $260 million project would preserve historic Mont-Saint-Michel.(Main)
Newspaper article from: Albany Times Union (Albany, NY); 11/20/2005; 700+ words
; ...DOLAND Associated Press MONT-SAINT-MICHEL, France - While much...Normandy landscape, Mont-Saint-Michel is both...Hugo wrote: "Mont-Saint-Michel appears like something...and the save-the-Mont plan has naturally stirred...
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French premier launches major project to protect picturesque Mont-Saint-Michel
News Wire article from: AP Worldstream; 6/16/2006; ; 397 words
; ...Writer AP Worldstream 06-16-2006 Dateline: MONT-SAINT-MICHEL, France Prime Minister Dominique de Villepin on...million) project aimed at saving the Gothic abbey of Mont-Saint-Michel, perched on a rocky outcropping off the coast of...
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France to overhaul Mont-Saint-Michel's tidal system
News Wire article from: AP Worldstream; 1/27/2006; 301 words
; AP Worldstream 01-27-2006 Dateline: MONT-SAINT-MICHEL, France France's government has given the green...project to restore the unique tidal system around Mont-Saint-Michel, the Gothic abbey perched high on a rock off the...
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MONT-SAINT-MICHEL, FRANCE.(TRAVEL)
Newspaper article from: Albany Times Union (Albany, NY); 1/16/2000; 333 words
; ...Minihane of Latham photographed Mont-Saint-Michel, which lies off the coast of France...Avranches, asking him to build the Mont,'' Minihane writes. ``A causeway connects the Mont with the mainland. The area is...
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Go for the full Mont In summer it's packed, but in the winter Normandy's Mont-Saint- Michel is a perfect weekend retreat, says Andrew Eames
Newspaper article from: Evening Standard - London; 11/19/2001; ; 700+ words
; ...thither over quicksands all around. Given that Mont-Saint-Michel is practically vertical and that it must have more...Benedictine in a cassock, walking his Pekingese. Mont-Saint-Michel is at its visual best from the causeway after dark...
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Go for the full Mont; In summer it's packed, but in the winter Normandy's Mont-Saint-Michel is a perfect weekend retreat, says Andrew Eames.
Newspaper article from: The Evening Standard (London, England); 11/19/2001; ; 700+ words
; ...thither over quicksands all around. Given that Mont-Saint-Michel is practically vertical and that it must have more...Benedictine in a cassock, walking his Pekingese. Mont-Saint-Michel is at its visual best from the causeway after dark...
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Famous French landmark to become an island again.(Worldwatch)(Mont-Saint-Michel)(Brief article)
Magazine article from: Geographical; 9/1/2006; 603 words
; Mont Saint-Michel, off the coast of Normandy in France, has become permanently connected to the mainland due to the accumulation of silt. Admirers...
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Mont-Saint-Michel
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
Mont-Saint-Michel , rocky isle (1993 est. pop. 72) in the Gulf of Saint-Malo...By 2006, however, the silting of the surrounding waters caused Mont-Saint-Michel to be truly an island only at extreme high tides, but a plan to...
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Mont Saint Michel
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
Mont Saint Michel see Mont-Saint-Michel .
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Mont‐Saint‐Michel and Chartres
Book article from: The Oxford Companion to American Literature
Mont‐Saint‐Michel and Chartres, critical work by Henry Adams , privately...x2010;Century Multiplicity.” In Mont‐Saint‐Michel, he shows philosophy, theology, and the arts to...
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Adams, Henry (1838-1918)
Book article from: American Eras
...from the public sphere. His last two major works, Mont-Saint-Michel and Chartres (1904) and The Education of Henry...cathedral at Chartres and the monastery on the island of Mont-Saint-Michel, and the moral lessons they offer about the society...
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Manche
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
...Cotentin peninsula and extends S into the Norman woods. Saint-Lô (the capital), Cherbourg , and Avranches are the chief towns, and Mont-Saint-Michel is off the coast. Manche is largely agricultural...
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