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  Michael Foot - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
He is the younger brother of the late lawyer Sir Dingle Foot, the Liberal politician Lord Foot (previously John Foot) and of the late Lord Caradon (previously Hugh Foot), a former Governor of Cyprus, whose late son was the campaigning journalist, Paul Foot.
Foot was however a critic of the west's handling of the Korean war, an opponent of West German rearmament in the early 1950s and a founder member of the Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament.
Foot was married to the film-maker, author and feminist historian Jill Craigie from 1949 until her death in 1999.
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 Michael Foot - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
He is the younger brother of the late lawyer Sir Dingle Foot, the Liberal politician Lord Foot and of the late Lord Caradon, a former, whose late son was the campaigning journalist, Paul Foot.
Foot was however a critic of the west's handling of the Korean war, an opponent of in the early 1950s and a founder member of the Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament.
Foot was married to the film-maker, author and feminist historianJill Craigie from 1949 until her death in 1999.
www.eastcleveland.us /project/wikipedia/index.php/Michael_Foot   (1485 words)

  
 Dingle Foot - Encyclopedia, History, Geography and Biography   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
The Right Honourable Sir Dingle Mackintosh Foot QC (1905-1978), was a British lawyer and politician, was born in Plymouth in Devon.
Foot's father, Isaac Foot, was a solicitor, an active member of the Liberal Party and Liberal Member of Parliament for Bodmin in Cornwall 1922-1924 and 1929-1935.
Hugh Foot (later Lord Caradon, father of campaigning journalist Paul Foot) was also active in politics and represented the United Kingdom at the United Nations from 1964-1970.
www.arikah.com /encyclopedia/Dingle_Foot   (266 words)

  
 Michael Foot   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
Foot was considered too left-wing to be offered a place in HaroldWilson 's first government, from 1964 to 1970, butafter 1970 the party moved to the left and Wilson came to an accommodation with Foot as itsleader.
Foot claimsthat the media created a story out of a 'a perfectly good jacket', a dark green coat, which he wore over his fl suit (boughtfrom Herbie Frogg in JermynStreet), to keep himself warm on a cold November morning.
Foot retired from the House of Commons in 1992 and returned to work as a journalist,interested in humanitarian issues, especially concerning the BalticStates.
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 Dingle Foot   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
Sir Dingle Mackintosh Foot (1905 - 1978), British politician, was born in Plymouth in Devon.
His father, Isaac Foot, was a solicitor, an active member of the Liberal Party and Liberal Memberof Parliament for Bodmin in Cornwall 1922- 1924 and 1929 - 1935.
His brother, Michael Foot, was a prominent figure in the Labour Party and was Leader of the Opposition 1981 - 1983.
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 Michael Foot biography .ms   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
He is the brother of the late Sir Dingle Foot, and of Hugh Foot, whose late son was the campaigning journalist, Paul Foot.
Foot claims that the media created a story out of a 'a perfectly good jacket', a dark green coat, which he wore over his fl suit (bought from Herbie Frogg in Jermyn Street), to keep himself warm on a cold November morning.
Foot retired from the House of Commons in 1992 and returned to writing, interested in humanitarian issues, especially concerning the Baltic States.
michael-foot.biography.ms   (874 words)

  
 Dingle - Hutchinson encyclopedia article about Dingle   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
Dingle harbour allows for safe anchorage, and is a centre for flatfish and lobster fishing.
The Mount Brandon (923 m/2,954 ft) area of Dingle Peninsula is rich in monuments of great antiquity, including beehive-shaped stone huts, pillar stones, stones inscribed with ogham characters, chamber tombs, earthworks, and ring forts.
Dingle had political and trade connections with Spain during the Elizabethan period.
encyclopedia.farlex.com /Dingle   (267 words)

  
 Foot Long -- Recommendations and Resources   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
He was the son of Isaac Foot and the brother of Sir Dingle Foot, QC, Hugh Foot, Baron Caradon and Michael Foot.
The structures of the human foot and hand are variations on the same basic five-digit anatomy, in common with many other vertebrates.
"One Foot" is a snowboard trick with a risk - one foot is not strapped into the bindings, instead it is placed beside the rear binding and boned far away from the board at airtimez.
www.becomingapediatrician.com /health/57/foot-long.html   (1330 words)

  
 RESPECT - The Unity Coalition - News
Paul Foot was sent to Shrewsbury, where he was an exact contemporary (and collaborator in magazines) of the future founders of Private Eye Christopher Booker and Willie Rushton, and its future longstanding editor Richard Ingrams.
Foot's first job on leaving university, where he edited the magazine Isis and was President of the Oxford Union, was in Glasgow as a correspondent for the Daily Record, sister paper of the Daily Mirror.
After the Daily Record, Foot worked variously for The Sun, The Sunday Telegraph, Private Eye, the Socialist Worker (of which he was Editor in 1974-75) and the Mirror, where he was hired specifically as an investigative journalist and wrote a page, ring-fenced even during the days of Robert Maxwell.
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 Dingle County Kerry - Ireland View - Ireland's Travel and Accommodation Guide
Dingle is a small town set among the hills of the Dingle Peninsula on the triangular inlet of Dingle Harbour.
Dingle is the most westerly town in Europe and many visitors arrive each year to experience the culture and craic in this beautiful town.
Dingle Regatta is held on the third Sunday in August.
www.irelandview.com /kerry-dingle.php   (414 words)

  
 Ireland's Dingle Peninsula -- 6,000 Years of History
The Town of Dingle was founded by the Fitzgerald and Rice families, who were to develop the town into the second largest port on the west coast (second only to Galway).
Extensive trade with France and Spain was the main reason for Dingle's importance, and also the town was a embarkation point for pilgrims on their way to Santiago de Compostella to visit the shrine of St. James.
Dingle town was granted a charter in 1607 by King James, after his predecessor Queen Elizabeth had sanctioned it in 1585.
www.dingle-peninsula.ie /history.html   (2671 words)

  
 Footed -- Recommendations and Resources   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
The plural of ''foot'' is ''feet'', and this pair is one of seven mutated English plurals.
In many societies, it is customary to cover the foot in most social situations; particularly outside, in many cultures (including North American, European, Japanese and others) people wear protective clothing over the foot.
He is the younger brother of the late lawyer Sir Dingle Foot, the Liberal politician Lord Foot and of the late Lord Caradon, a former Governor of Cyprus, whose late son was the campaigning journalist, Paul Foot.
www.becomingapediatrician.com /health/58/footed.html   (1390 words)

  
 Michael Foot, by Alex Mayer
The Foot boys were expected to succeed and by 1945 Foot was already doing well in journalism earning in the region of £4000 a year when the average salary of an MP was £400.
Foot tried to help with the issue of the maintenance of employment at the dockyard which was always a problem for the people of Devonport.
Foot was in favour of disarmament and as we have seen although he was warned not to mention the issue by local party members, he ignored their advice and made his views very public.
www.fantasyfacup.com /matthew/essays/foot.htm   (10898 words)

  
 Exploring Western Ireland's Dingle Peninsula
One of their settlements was on the Dingle Peninsula where the ruins of the Riasc Monastery still remain.
In the 1800s Dingle Town became known as a linen-weaving center and fishing port.
The peninsula’s farmers have traditionally raised stock, grain, and potatoes and were hit hard by the blight and famine of 1845.
www.highonadventure.com /Hoa01aug/Ireland/ireland.htm   (1027 words)

  
 Encyclopedia: Dingle Foot
The Liberal Party was one of the two major British political parties from the early 19th century until the 1920s, and a third party of varying strength and importance up to 1988, when it merged with the Social Democratic Party to form a new party which would become known as...
Michael Foot The Right Honourable Michael Mackintosh Foot (born July 23, 1913), British politician, was leader of the Labour Party from 1980 to 1983.
Paul Foot addressing a miners rally, June 1984 This article is about the journalist and campaigner.
www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Dingle-Foot   (1115 words)

  
 Dingle Foot   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
Dingle tipped home a snap shot by hardworking speedster JD Corbin to provide Denver...
and sophomore quarterback Adam Bednarik on the sideline with a foot sprain...
Like I said earlier, Dingle is the real deal as far as this writer is concerned.
www.wikiverse.org /dingle-foot   (344 words)

  
 The Dingle Way, self-guided walking tour in Kerry, Ireland
Continue along a medieval road to the fishing village of Dingle which is steeped in Irish culture and music and where the locals still speak in the native (Gaelic) tongue.
Dingle is a wonderful little harbour town and boasts attractions such as the Marine Centre, Boat trip to see 'Fungi', Dingle's resident dolphin, 52 pubs and attractive craft shops and famous restaurants.
Transfer from Dingle to the tiny village of Tiduff, from where you will walk across an old military road to the northern side of the peninsula - finishing in the village of Cloghane.
www.killary.com /tours/DingleWayWalking.htm   (686 words)

  
 Dingle Foot - Plymouth Articles   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
Sir Dingle Mackintosh Foot (1905-1978), British politician, was born in Plymouth in
Michael Foot, was a prominent figure in the Labour Party and was Leader of the Opposition 1981-1983.
The Dingle Foot article is licensed under the GFDL.
www.plymouthcity.com /Articles/Dingle_Foot/index.html   (285 words)

  
 Dingle Peninsula Region - Ireland View - Ireland's Travel and Accommodation Guide
The Dingle Peninsula is beautifully situated, extending into the Atlantic ocean while enclosing the Dingle Bay, Tralee Bay and the Castlemaine River.
Located at the foot of Mount Brandon at the tip of the Dingle Peninsula, Benagh B&B is an ideal base from which to explore and enjoy an unspoilt area rich in flora, fauna and archaeological sites such as the Bronze Age Loch a'Duin Valley.
Murphy's Farmhouse is a sixth generation dairy farm nestled at the foot of the Slieve Mish Mountains on the Dingle Peninsula.The farmhouse is ideally located for touring the Ring of Kerry and Dingle Peninsula, as Castlemaine is the gateway town.
www.irelandview.com /kerry-area-dinglepeninsula.php   (1470 words)

  
 NFL.com - San Diego Chargers Team News   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
Dingle also recorded his first career blocked kick when he batted down a field goal attempt by the New York Jets’ John Hall on Nov. 3.
Dingle was a fifth-round draft choice (139th overall) of the Chargers in 1999.
Dingle saw action in 14 games of his second season in 2000, recording 16 tackles and 2½ sacks before a left knee injury ended his season prematurely.
www.nfl.com /teams/story/SD/6235184   (356 words)

  
 AIM25: British Library of Political and Economic Science: FOOT, Sir Dingle Mackintosh, 1905-1978, Knight lawyer and ...
Administrative/Biographical history: Sir Dingle Foot (1905-1978) was educated at Bembridge School, Isle of Wight, and Balliol College, Oxford.
In 1930 Dingle Foot was called to the bar (Gray's Inn), 1930.
Dingle Foot left the Liberal party and joined the Labour party in 1956.
www.aim25.ac.uk /cgi-bin/search2?coll_id=5831&inst_id=1   (213 words)

  
 Walking - The Dingle Way - Ireland Travel Information Guide
Dingle - the name rings a bell and the area is a popular holiday destination.The Dingle Way makes a complete circuit around the mountainous Dingle Peninsula from Tralee.
The Dingle Way leaves town and follows an old ship canal towards a fine arched bridge at Blennerville.
There is a windmill and visitor centre at Blennerville, with exhibits focusing on emigration from the area.
www.12travel.co.uk /ie/walking/The_Dingle_Way.html   (407 words)

  
 Foot Coat of Arms
The ancient Normans that arrived in England following the Conquest of 1066 are the initial ancestors from which the many generations of the Foot family have grown.
The name Foot was given to a member of the family who was a person with remarkable feet.
First found in Cheshire where they were granted lands by King William for their assistance at the Battle of Hastings in 1066 A.D. Some of the first settlers of this name or some of its variants were: Paul Foote who landed in Massachusetts in 1620.
www.houseofnames.com /xq/asp.c/qx/foot-coat-arms.htm   (1248 words)

  
 Hugh Foot   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
Remembering his passes, often delivered over 40 or 50 yards with the right foot that was his main weapon, can still make the heart jump.
Son of solicitor and Liberal Party MP Isaac Foot, brother of the late Sir Dingle Foot and of Labour Party MP and former party leader the Rt Hon.
Hugh Foot is father of journalist, Paul Foot.
www.wikiverse.org /hugh-foot   (207 words)

  
 Caravan and Camping Parks in County Kerry Ireland
You can explore these easily on foot - walking is a popular pastime - or on a cycle, although the undulating terrain make the county into something of a challenge unless you aim for the north - Ballybunion, Listowel and so on.
Explore Dingle's bustling harbour and Gallarus' Oratory, one of the oldest churches in Ireland, on foot.
The Dingle Way is another long distance way marked path and is 107 miles.
www.camping-ireland.ie /kerry/kerry.html   (263 words)

  
 Liberal Democrat History Group   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
In addition to this, there is an amusing and unusual cartoon of Dingle McIntosh Foot on the Friends of Dundee City Archives website index to their Poor database at www.fdca.org.uk/poor_index.htm.
There is detailed correspondence in 1947—48 concerning candidates for the Dundee parliamentary seats including Dingle Foot, John Junor and Sir Garnet Wilson, Lord Provost [Scots for mayor] of Dundee, and this neatly leads us to the other collection of interest to Liberal historians, that of Sir Garnet Wilson.
His correspondence, which is still being catalogued, includes exchanges in 1940 with his friend and fellow Liberal MP Dingle Foot, in the Ministry of Economic Warfare, and with D. Thomson, the Dundee press magnate and arch-critic of Churchill.
www.liberalhistory.org.uk /record.jsp?type=page&ID=93&image=archivesources   (633 words)

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