FOOT, MICHAEL

1913–, British politician. He entered Parliament in 1945 and became a spokesperson for the Labour party's radical left wing. Editor of the party organ, the Tribune, he served as secretary of state for employment (1974–75) and as leader of the House of Commons (1976–79). He succeeded James Callaghan as Labour party leader (1980–83) and tried to maintain the party's traditional policies in the face of the opposition of more conservative members, who broke away and formed the Social Democratic party.

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books on: Foot Michael  - 4223 results

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Rookie: When Michael Jordan Came to the Minor Leagues
Book by Jim Patton; Addison-Wesley, 1995
Subjects: Baseball Players--United States--Biography, Basketball Players--United States--Biography, Jordan, Michael--1963-
...Bacardi drink for a dollar. And Michael Jordan. The fans, who know...field line and trot out to Michael, the drowsy cops in belated...the type wholl be impressed. Michael seems to have closed his stance again, moving his front foot nearer to the plate, but hes...
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Virtues and Reasons: Philippa Foot and Moral Theory: Essays in Honour of Philippa Foot
Book by Rosalind Hursthouse, Gavin Lawrence, Warren Quinn, Philippa Foot; Clarendon Press, 1995
Subjects: Ethics, Modern--20th Century, Virtue
...central preoccupation of Professor Foot, as of Plato, to whom she...been fully appreciated. Early Foot, in defending morality against...judgements--by which I take it Foot means moral considerations or...Andrew Hsu, Houston Smit, Michael Thompson, and most especially...
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The Other American: The Life of Michael Harrington
Book by Maurice Isserman; PublicAffairs, 2000
Subjects: Harrington, Michael--1928-, Political Scientists--United States--Biography, Social Scientists--United States--Biography, Socialists--United States--Biography
...imaginative, somewhat tormented." Michael wrote her poems none of which...Wellesley campus. 61 A letter Michael wrote to a friend a few years...at various spots . . . saw foot of stairs where i met joan...menopause maybe infected ear . 62 Michael and Joan did not discuss marriage...
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Michael Polanyi: Scientist and Philosopher
Book by William Taussig Scott, Martin X. Moleski; Oxford University Press, 2005
Subjects: Polanyi, Michael--1891-
...be beaten even before he set foot on the island, though it is...has become invulnerable. 47 Michael and Magda suffered no extreme...emotional upheavals. Magda and Michael were glad that John was safe...missed him sorely. George and Michael became close companions at...
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Call Me Mike: A Political Biography of Michael V. Disalle
Book by Richard G. Zimmerman; Kent State University Press, 2003
Subjects: Disalle, Michael V--(Michael Vincent)--1908-, Governors--Ohio--Biography, Kennedy, John F--(John Fitzgerald)--1917-1963--Friends And Associates, Mayors--Ohio--Toledo--Biography, Ohio--Politics And Government--1951-, Toledo (Ohio)--Politics And Government--20th Century, United States--Politics And Government--1945-1989
...compassionate manner. His 1936 campaign pictures show that Michael had progressed from chubby to portly, and sclf-deprecatiiig...campaign. (During most of his adult life, DiSalles five-foot-five-and-one-half-inch frame carried between just...
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Bouncing Down to the Underworld: Classical Katabasis in the Ground beneath Her Feet
Journal article by Rachel Falconer; Twentieth Century Literature, Vol. 47, 2001
Subjects: Classical literature--Influence, Hell--Portrayals, depictions, etc., Orpheus (Mythological figure)--Influence, Rushdie, Salman--Criticism, interpretation, etc., The Ground Beneath Her Feet (Book)--Criticism, interpretation, etc.
...classical katabasis in The Ground Beneath Her Feet by Rachel Falconer In an essay on Italo...his recent novel The Ground Beneath Her Feet. Here, as in previous fiction, Rushdie...human life" in The Ground Beneath Her Feet is of a sequence of explosions and implosions...
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A Place That Is Other: Ethos of Groundlessness in Rushdie's the Ground beneath Her Feet
Journal article by Chun-Yen Chen; Mosaic (Winnipeg), Vol. 43, 2010
Subjects: Globalization--Analysis, Literary techniques--Analysis, Rushdie, Salman--Criticism and interpretation, Rushdie, Salman--Works, The Ground Beneath Her Feet (Novel)--Criticism and interpretation
...Rushdies the Ground beneath Her Feet. by Chun-Yen Chen Salman...A. "The Ground Beneath Her Feet and Fury: The Reinvention of...Rushdies The Ground Beneath Her Feet." The International Fiction...California P, 2007. NOTES (1) / Michael Hardt and Antonio Negris proposition...
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Michael J. Cook, Modern Jews Engage the New Testament: Enhancing Jewish Well-Being in a Christian Environment
Journal article by David P. Efroymson; Journal of Ecumenical Studies, Vol. 45, 2010
Subjects: Books--Book reviews, Modern Jews Engage the New Testament: Enhancing Jewish Well-Being in a Christian Environment (Nonfiction work)--Book reviews, Sitting at the Feet of Rabbi Jesus: How the Jewishness of Jesus Can Transform Your Faith (Nonfiction work)--Book reviews
Michael J. Cook, Modern Jews Engage the New Testament...Christian Environment. by David P. Efroymson Michael J. Cook, Modern Jews Engage the New Testament...Spangler and Lois Tverberg, Sitting at the Feet of Rabbi Jesus: How the Jewishness of Jesus...
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Before Michael Field: Katharine Bradley as "Arran Leigh"
Journal article by Matthew Mitton; Philological Quarterly, Vol. 89, 2010
Subjects: Dramatists--Criticism and interpretation, Field, Michael (Joint pseudonym of Bradley, Katherine Harris and Cooper, Edith Emma)--Criticism and interpretation, Playwrights--Criticism and interpretation, The New Minnesinger (Poem)--Criticism and interpretation
...Underneath the Bough (1893) by Michael Field, where this small translation...stanza: "Alas that gentle feet should tread / Upon a violets...will recur in the poetry of Michael Field. These four lines recall...trample the hyacinth under foot and the purple flower is pressed...thematic foundations of the later Michael Field poetry. Following on...
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Michael Wilson: Canada's Ambassador to the Us
Journal article by Douglas Goold; International Journal, Vol. 61, 2006
Subjects: Canada, Diplomatic & consular services, International relations-US, Personal profiles, Political appointments, United States, Wilson, Michael
...Monetary Fund. "Derek Burney and Michael are very like-minded on the...with the US at the level that Michael and I have knows that if you...virtually the day Wilson set foot in Washington were softwood...and computers. CONCLUSION Michael Wilson arrived in Washington...
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Michael Foot: A Hazlitt for Our Age: The Late Labour Leader, Who Died in March Aged 96, Was the Last Great Radical Voice of Parliament and Stands Comparison with the Celebrated 18th-Century Polemicist
Magazine article by Brian Brivati; History Today, Vol. 60, May 2010
Subjects: Authors, Foot, Michael, Politicians, Writers
Michael Foot: A Hazlitt for Our...Peter Riddell once saved Michael Foot from being run...to make the case for Foots own greatness, can...in Labours ideology. Foots view, like Hazlitts...prove my case? What if Foot had written a single...those two volumes. Michael Foot was the Hazlitt...
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Interview: Michael Foot
Magazine article by Bill Jones; New Statesman, Vol. 126, January 10, 1997
Subjects: Foot, Michael--Interviews, Political corruption--United Kingdom, United Kingdom--Politics and government
Interview: Michael Foot by Bill Jones "Parliament...am en route to interview Michael Foot he smiles. "Say hello...compliments cling easily to Michael Foot, as much now in his...editions of Miltons epic - Foots life has been composed of...
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Michael Foot V the New Statesman; Michael Foot and Christopher Hitchens
Magazine article; New Statesman, Vol. 137, July 21, 2008
Subjects: Economic policy--Interpretation and construction, Foot, Michael--Speeches, lectures and essays, Legislators--Speeches, lectures and essays
Michael Foot V the New Statesman; Michael Foot and Christopher Hitchens. In 1978 Bruce Page...reprinted extracts from a stirring speech made by Michael Foot as a Labour rebel in 1968. Foots criticisms contrasted starkly with his position...
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The Man with Two Lives: Michael Foot's Political Achievements May Fade-But His Writing Will Endure. David Marquand on the Extraordinary Career of the Heir to Swift and Orwell
Magazine article by David Marquand; New Statesman, Vol. 136, April 2, 2007
Subjects: Books--Book reviews, Michael Foot: A Life (Book)--Book reviews
...Man with Two Lives: Michael Foots Political Achievements...into his nineties, Michael Foot is unquestionably a...rightly thinks that Foots greatest book is his...The irony is that Foot did not apply that moral...little to his country. * Michael Foot: a life, Kenneth...
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Michael Foot-The Intellectual in Politics
Magazine article by George Wedd; Contemporary Review, Vol. 290, Spring 2008
Subjects: Books--Book reviews, Michael Foot: A Life (Book)--Book reviews
Michael Foot-The Intellectual in Politics. by George Wedd Michael Foot: A Life. Kenneth O...quite reached the summit. Is Michael Foot worth five hundred carefully...Lord Morgan is good on Mr Foots early years; in fact, he might...
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A Man May Love Two Women at the Same Time; Echoing the Views of His Great Hero Jonathan Swift, Michael Foot, Icon of the Labour Left, Revealed That His Wife Jill Craigie Was Not the Only Woman to Share His Life; Her Dangermade Her Irresistible
Newspaper article; The Mail on Sunday (London, England), March 21, 2010
Subjects: Brousse, Amy, Foot, Michael, Orwell, George, Women
...the forthcoming biography, Michael is quoted repeatedly saying...conferences LABOUR DARLINGS: Michael Foot with his wife Jill Craigie...nuclear march in 1962 AFFAIR: Foots mistress of 20 years Elizabeth...to George in 1941 PASSION: Michael Foot was obsessed with BBC...
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SAINT MICHAEL? You Must Be Joking. as the Chattering Classes Move to Beatify Michael Foot, the Mail's Sketch Writer Says He's the Worst Labour Leader Ever and a Hypocrite to Boot
Newspaper article; The Daily Mail (London, England), April 7, 2007
Subjects: Foot, Michael
...innocent of the charge. Foot had been much celebrated...Beaverbrook, yet for Foots patron there was, in...political career of Michael Foot. For instance...the people. And the Foots, by choice, did not...present dogs - were Foots substitute for children. If Foot is a national treasure...big figures at whose feet he worshipped, Foot...unions or the State. Michael Foot was no political...
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Centre-Forward Who Revelled in Rebelling from Back Benches; Michael Foot, Who Has Died at the Age of 96, Was a Gifted Politician Who Was Never Fully Comfortable with the Front-Bench Roles for Which He Is Most Widely Remembered, Writes Chris Moncrieff
Newspaper article; Western Mail (Cardiff, Wales), March 4, 2010
Subjects: Foot, Michael--Political activity, Political parties--United Kingdom
...in Rebelling from Back Benches; Michael Foot, Who Has Died at the Age of 96...Moncrieff. Byline: Chris Moncrieff MICHAEL FOOT was the brilliant left-wing...been beaten in 1983. Labours and Michael Foots standing was diminished even further...
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Michael Foot Made Pass at Stepdaughter, Claims Book
Newspaper article; The Mail on Sunday (London, England), April 4, 2010
Subjects: Books, Foot, Michael, Rollyson, Carl E., Jr.
Michael Foot Made Pass at Stepdaughter...FORMER Labour leader Michael Foot once made a pass...they were discussing Foots 20-year affair with...Labour politician, Michael paid lip-service to...report last month on Michael Foots affairs KISSES: Julie...20s. Left: With Foot at a Christmas party...
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Michael Foot Was Inspiring; VIEWPOINTS
Newspaper article; South Wales Echo (Cardiff, Wales), March 9, 2010
Subjects: Foot, Michael
Michael Foot Was Inspiring; VIEWPOINTS. MICHAEL Foot was a giant amongst men. To me he was always an inspiration...peace movement he formed that afternoon still thrives today. Michael Foot lost his seat in the 1955 elections as a member for Devonport...
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encyclopedia articles on: Foot Michael  - 3 results

 
 
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Foot, Michael
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
FOOT, MICHAEL 1913 , British politician. He entered Parliament in 1945 and became a spokesperson for the Labour party s radical left wing...
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Labour Party
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...the Conservatives under Margaret Thatcher in the 1979 elections and remained in the opposition until the late 1990s. Michael Foot became party leader in 1980 but was succeeded by Neil Kinnock in 1983. Kinnock led the party to abandon some of its...
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Rome , City, Italy
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...square, as a convenient point of departure. It lies at the foot of the old Capitol (see Capitoline Hill ) and borders on the...those of J. B. Bury, Guglielmo Ferrero , Tenney Frank , and Michael Rostovtzeff . See F. F. Abbott, History and Description of...


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