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Michael Moore, 2004 News

filmmaker, gained an impassioned following with the release of Fahrenheit 9/11, a documentary harshly critical of President Bush, his administration, the war in Iraq, and Bush's handling of…

Michael Scheuer, 2004 News

senior CIA officer, lashed out at the panel that investigated the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks. He called the panel and the CIA “bureaucratic cowards” for not holding an agency or…

Michael Phelps, 2004 News

swimmer, entered the 2004 Summer Olympics poised to tie or break Mark Spitz's record seven gold medals. While he didn't accomplish the Olympian feat, he did bring home eight medals, tying…

Michael Jackson, 2005 News

pop star, was acquitted by a California jury in June of ten felony charges, including molesting a child, conspiracy, and providing alcohol to minors. He was accused of molesting a child who…

Michael Dorris 1997 Deaths

Michael DorriswriterAge: 52 Dorris's breakthrough The Broken Cord brought fetal alcohol syndrome to national attention. The book about FAS (fetal alcohol syndrome) and its effects on Dorris's…

Sir Michael Edwardes Biography

Sir Michael Edwardesbusiness executiveBorn: 1930Birthplace: South Africa After studying at Rhodes University, he began his career with the Chloride Group in Africa in 1951, becoming a…

Michael A. Spence Biography

Michael A. Spence scholar, economistBorn: 1943Birthplace: Montclair, N.J. A bi-coastal economist specializing in the study of dynamic competition and the economics of information, he taught…

Michael Zaslow 1998 Deaths

Michael ZaslowAge: 54 The Emmy Award-winning daytime soap opera star on Guiding Light died from Lou Gehrig's Disease and recently portrayed a character suffering from the same disease on One…

Brewer's: City of St. Michael

(The). Dumfries, of which city St. Michael is the patron saint. Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894City of SaintsCity of Refuge A B C D E F G H I J K…

Brewer's: St. Michael's Chair

The projecting stone lantern of a tower erected on St. Michael's Mount, Cornwall. It is said that the rock received its name from a religious house built to commemorate the apparition of…