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	Biography of MeIvin A. Cook (via Web-Blaster/2.11) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Cook's greatest commercial explosives invention was formulated in December of 1956, while consulting for Iron Ore Company of Canada at the Knob Lake Mine in Labrador, where he created a new blasting agent using an unusual mixture of ammonium nitrate, aluminum powder, and water.
		Cook kept a complete record of career travel, spanning the years 1934 to 1985, to six continents of the world and often remote areas where mines were located.
		Cook's life is intimately connected with the history of explosives, he is a scientist,, inventor, teacher, businessman, theorist, consultant, expert witness, entrepreneur, and author.
	en.web-blaster.org /www.slcc.edu/schools/hum_sci/physics/whatis/biography/cook.html (2683 words)

	[No title] (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Cook won the party nomination at the convention on May 4, 1996, and as his campaign progressed, Cook and RTNC had continuous discussions about the future of the campaign and the extent of RTNC's involvement in upcoming phases of the campaign.
		Cook claims RTNC failed to prove he breached an agreement containing an attorney fee provision, arguing that the parties never agreed, as part of the orally modified contract, that attorney fees would be awarded to the prevailing party.
		Cook insists that RTNC failed to show that the parties intended that the attorney fees provision in the written Services Agreement apply to the new contract as orally modified, and he asserts that Utah law does not permit attorney fees to be awarded for breach of an oral agreement.
	courtlink.utcourts.gov /opinions/supopin/rtniel~1.htm (3702 words)

	deseretnews.com \| Cook looks ahead — and back
		Cook is the only major candidate in the race who isn't a developer — a major distinction for Cook who maintains developers, not citizens, have been running Salt Lake County for too long.
		Cook maintains the county Republican Party is dishonestly trying to get Ivory on the ballot after a doctor said embattled sitting GOP Mayor Nancy Workman was "disabled" by a criminal case hanging over her and couldn't continue in the race.
		Cook supporters maintain he is the one candidate, unconnected to the good ol' boys network of county developers, that can effect meaningful ethical reforms and belt tightening in the county.
	deseretnews.com /dn/view/0,1249,595100942,00.html (1326 words)

	Democratic Underground Forums - "After 5-Day Split, Merrill Cook Rejoins GOP, UTAH"
		Cook, who is seeking to regain the 2nd Congressional District seat he lost last year to Democrat Jim Matheson, left the GOP on Tuesday, citing disrespect from a powerful Republican Party boss in Washington.
		Cook's most-recent split from the GOP -- his first was in the late 1980s -- has been in the works for years.
		Cook later in the week reconciled with the party after Davis apologized to him by telephone and assured him he would not try to derail Cook's upcoming campaign for Congress.
	www.democraticunderground.com /duforum/DCForumID5/7699.html (595 words)

	Utah seat could affect House balance (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Merrill is Merrill Cook, the 2nd District representative whose erratic public behavior has made him perhaps the most endangered incumbent Republican member of Congress this year.
		Cook's Utah seat is one of about 30 congressional districts nationwide that Republicans and Democrats consider crucial in the battle for control of the House of Representatives, where Republicans have an 11-seat edge.
		Cook, seeking his third term, acknowledges much of the "moneyed establishment" is against him and that he might be forced into a primary battle against either Wright or Smith.
	www.usatoday.com /news/opinion/e1690.htm (1458 words)

	SIGHTINGS
		Cook supporters denied the 53-year-old congressman has suffered a break from reality and accused Jenson and other fired staffers of orchestrating a campaign of half-truths and hyperbole to avenge their dismissals.
		Cook, the millionaire owner of a mining explosives firm, has long been known to have a short fuse.
		Cook is an independent populist-turned Republican who had lost six campaigns over 11 years -- from county commissioner to governor -- before winning the congressional seat abandoned by scandal-plagued Enid Greene in 1996.
	www.rense.com /political/cook.htm (651 words)

	High Country News -- Printable -- October 14, 1996: Utah: A liberal wilderness lover may prevail
		Republican Merrill Cook is a millionaire whose family fortune derives from the manufacture of explosives for the mining industry.
		Cook now says it looks like light rail is so far down the track that he will not oppose it, but instead act as its watchdog.
		Cook says he's all for strong environmental laws protecting clean air, water and endangered species, and wants miners and ranchers to pay their fair share for using federal lands.
	www.hcn.org /servlets/hcn.PrintableArticle?article_id=2820 (845 words)

	Biography of MeIvin A. Cook (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Cook attended the University of Utah and graduated with a B.A. in chemistry in 1933 and an M.A. in physical chemistry in 1934.
		Cook was a President of IRECO until 1972 when his oldest son, M. Garfield Cook, became President.
		Barbara C. Petersen, daughter of Melvin A. Cook, prepared the biography based on the series of interviews with her father in May, 1994, which was a source for this paper.
	www.slcc.edu /schools/hum_sci/physics/whatis/biography/cook.html (3180 words)

	JS Online: Merrill Cook to Remain a Republican
		Cook, in announcing his change of heart Saturday, said he didn't want to be blamed for possibly helping incumbent Democrat Jim Matheson win a second term.
		But Cook said he spoke with Davis on the phone later in the week and was assured that Davis would stop saying negative things about him and show neutrality in the Utah Republican Party's nominating process.
		Cook, always a political maverick, served two terms before becoming the nation's only GOP incumbent to lose a Congressional primary in 2000.
	www.jsonline.com /election2000/ap/oct01/ap-cook-affiliatio102801.asp (272 words)

	WorldNetDaily: China-trade vote: The bribes have it? (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Cook disputes the claims made by Huckabee and others, claiming that the bill was not about freedom, but was passed, rather, to bring corporate profits to a limited few.
		Cook said he is very concerned about the "military, nuclear, and security threat China poses to our great nation, and its neighbors like Taiwan." Cook believes China has a long-term strategy aimed at dominating Asia on its way to becoming a global superpower.
		Cook faces a Republican challenger in what is predicted to be a tough June congressional primary, and if he survives, he faces an even tougher challenge from a Democratic challenger in November.
	www.wnd.com /news/article.asp?ARTICLE_ID=13184 (1388 words)

	Campaigns & Elections: Cook's Last Stand - Utah Republican Merrill Cook
		Though Cook was a seasoned campaigner known for beating the odds, he could not overcome a severe loss in public confidence at the end of a quarrelsome and often hostile primary campaign.
		Cook was forced into a primary race after taking lust 54 percent of the delegate votes at the May 6 state Republican convention, short of the 60 percent he needed to clinch renomination.
		Cook is the second incumbent member of Congress to be defeated in a primary this year.
	www.findarticles.com /cf_dls/m2519/7_21/64994989/p1/article.jhtml (566 words)

	WHO KNOWS MERRILL COOK? (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Despite the fact that there is incontrovertible evidence that Merrill Cook has not kept a consistent position throughout his career as a perennial candidate, we can set that aside for a moment and focus on this campaign.
		Cook began to see his poll ratings fall, the electorate was treated to a high profile, 30-second sound-bite campaign that was almost guaranteed to prey on the fears and prejudices of many of the voters in the second congressional district.
		Cook's family values are the values of fear-mongering and insulting people's intelligence, then we definitely do not need those kinds of values represented in Congress.
	www.geocities.com /CapitolHill/3681/anderson.html (398 words)

	CBS News \| Put A Fork In Cook \| June 28, 2000 14:48:40
		Cook, whose seat was considered one of the most vulnerable, had the backing of congressional GOP leaders, but a seemingly constant stream of bad press drowned his chances.
		Cook said the accusations were unfounded, though he acknowledged having a temper.
		State party leaders had said Cook was too weak a candidate to fend off Matheson, son of the late Gov. Scott Matheson, a state political hero and the last Democrat to hold the office.
	www.cbsnews.com /stories/2000/06/28/politics/main210260.shtml (618 words)

	WorldNetDaily: FBI probes China vote-buying charge (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Cook had made the claim that many of the donors were from Chamber of Commerce 200 political action committees, according to Kuchinsky.
		Cook went on to complain about the way special interest political action committee funds are used to influence voting on Capital Hill.
		Cook remains firm in his adamant stand against Permanent Normal Trade Relations with communist China, saying there are many justifiable reasons to defeat the bill, which now goes to the Senate for a June vote.
	www.wnd.com /news/printer-friendly.asp?ARTICLE_ID=13185 (876 words)

	1998 Election Coverage from KSL-TV Channel 5
		Merrill Cook says he got his passion for poliltics when he was just ten years old, sitting with his dad in 1956, watching presidential election returns on t.v.
		Cook says voters will have a clear choice, because he and his Democratic opponent differ on many issues.
		Cook says there are advantages to being an incumbent, but some disadvantages, too.
	www.ksl.com /dump/news/cc/elex/procook.htm (476 words)

	deseretnews.com \| Merrill is thinking of running — again \| Deseret Morning News Web edition
		And don't expect the new Merrill Cook to be all that different from the old one, although he is physically much leaner.
		And Cook has, in times past, had a voter base of about 20 percent — enough to be taken seriously, Wilson said, but not enough to win as an independent.
		Cook balances his time these days between a daily radio talk show and efforts to resurrect Cook Slurry, his Minnesota explosive company that went belly-up in 1999 while he was serving in Congress.
	webserver.desnews.com /dn/print/1,1442,510051468,00.html (1005 words)

	[No title]
		Carol Merrill, her cook, librarian, reader, nurse, and companion from 1973-79, offers a unique portrait—brief pictures linked toward a respectful bow, words bare as flint chips—a purity of language as honor.
		Merrill, who was O'Keeffe's aide, cook, librarian, reader, nurse and companion from 1973 through 1979, offers an uncommon perspective of this world-famous painter.
		In her spare use of words, Merrill paints a picture of the artist quite different from all the books, calendars and articles about O'Keeffe.
	www.laalamedapress.com /books/okeeffe.html (537 words)

	Mormon News for WE 27Feb00: Utah Rep. Merrill Cook Has Surgery
		Deseret News 23Feb00 D2 SALT LAKE CITY, UTAH -- Representative Merrill Cook, a Republican who represents Utah in the U.S. House of Representatives, was scheduled to have corrective intestinal surgery Wednesday during a House recess for the President's Day holiday.
		The surgery is meant to correct a perforated intestine that put Cook in the hospital twice last year.
		In addition to his normal duties as a congressman, Cook is in the midst of a re-election campaign in which he is facing opposition within his party as well as without.
	www.mormonstoday.com /000227/D2Cook01.shtml (194 words)

	[BBQ] 3rd annual Thanksgiving cook (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		The cooks don't serve, unless they want to, so most of the guys had left or were leaving by the time we started serving at 11:00 AM.
		Merrill "Mark G. Simon" wrote: Merrill, Please let me know some more of the details, what time you get started and other details.
		Some of the people we fed were low income (working poor) from the community, but most of the population we serve in Uptown are homeless and at their rock bottom.
	www.thesmokering.com /pipermail/bbq/Week-of-Mon-20041025/013592.html (792 words)

	Mormon News for WE 02Jul00: Controversial LDS Congressman Merr
		Cook did get some support from National Republicans, who worried that Cook's loss would mean the loss of the seat to the Democrats, when the Republicans hold just a six-seat majority in the US House of Representatives.
		Cook is a millionaire mining explosives company owner and has a history of running as an independent when unable to get the Republican nomination.
		Cook denied spreading the reports, but took advantage of them to attack Smith in campaign ads and appearances.
	www.mormonstoday.com /000702/N2Cook01.shtml (633 words)

	CBS News \| Cook's $600K Stew \| May 18, 2000 13:39:54
		Cook "had an opportunity to settle it out of the gates for $120,000 and he had innumerable opportunities after that to settle up for less than $200,000.
		Cook racked up $204,879 in his own legal expenses, despite getting a bargain from two of the state's most prominent attorneys.
		According to Cook's 1999 personal financial disclosure filed with the U.S. House of Representatives, he is worth between $1.1 million and $5.4 million.
	www.cbsnews.com /stories/2000/05/18/politics/main196842.shtml (535 words)

	Rep. Merrill Cook Honored as Guardian of Small Business (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Merrill Cook Honored as Guardian of Small Business
		UTAH, September 20, 2000 -- The small business group NFIB today named U.S. Rep. Merrill Cook (2nd Dist.-Utah) a Guardian of Small Business for an outstanding voting record on behalf of America's small business owners in the 106th Congress.
		NFIB President Jack Faris praised Rep. Cook for "taking a stand" for small business, citing Cook's 88- percent NFIB voting record.
	www.nfib.com /object/2771699.html (343 words)

	Smith upsets incumbent Cook (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Cook's seat was considered one of the most vulnerable, and GOP leaders in Congress had jumped to his defense.
		Cook had been stung by news reports over the last two years regarding his combustible temper, erratic behavior and staff mismanagement.
		Cook, after a half-dozen unsuccessful campaigns for everything from school board to governor, won the House seat in 1996.
	www.usatoday.com /news/opinion/e2173.htm (949 words)

	Nelson Cook
		Portrait attributed to Cook (relined with photos taken of original name (sig?)/Saratoga Springs and date of 1847); this date is three years after Cowen's death, perhaps explained as an error or a painting from a daguerreotype, but most likely a posthumous copy of Cowen's 1844 portrait.
		Cook, the artist, is a worthy gentleman, industrious and pains-taking in his profession, and has few superiors as a portrait painter." Judge John C. Hulbert, another Cook subject, is almost certainly not this "gentleman": Although from Pittsford, VT, he was serving as Saratoga County Surrogate at this time, when Cook was in Rochester.
		Cook's family portraits, like most of those of the 19th Century, are generally defined by the husband/father; William and Ernestine Rose apparently are an exception.
	bellsouthpwp.net /n/e/nelsoncook/portraits_newyork.html (3538 words)

	China-trade vote:The bribes have it? [Free Republic]
		According to The Associated Press, Cook was prepared in 1996 to charge Provo City Councilwoman Shari Holweg with threatening to smear him with phone tapes of allegedly improper conversations unless he paid her thousands of dollars and gave her a job.
		Cook then had to respond to allegations that Holweg doesn't deserve her nearly $49,000 annual salary after one source suggested she only worked 15 hours per week, a charge both Holweg and Cook deny.
		Cook, a multimillionaire, also faces some problems with his business back home, leading some GOP lawmakers and aides to speculate that he can't leave office now because of his personal finances.
	www.freerepublic.com /forum/a392cd18d5a30.htm (3540 words)

	Mormon News 29Jun01: Cook Already Planning Return to Congress
		SALT LAKE CITY, UTAH -- Merrill Cook, who lost his seat representing Utah's 2nd congressional district to Democrat Jim Matheson last Fall, is already planning a comeback, hoping to win back the seat in 2002.
		Cook is very much the maverick among Utah Republicans, and is known for leaving the Republican Party to start independent efforts.
		And Cook claims that the trip was a success, "I really believe the Republican leaders of the Congress believe I would have the best chance of beating Matheson," Cook told the Salt Lake Tribune.
	www.mormonnews.com /010629/T2MCook01.shtml (645 words)

	[No title] (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Merrill Cook (R): Also a native of Utah, Cook earned a Bachelor's degree in economics from the University of Utah and an MBA from Harvard University.
		Cook then moved to Utah where he and his father formed Cook Slurry Company.
		Cook has been an unsuccessful candidate for Salt Lake City Mayor, Salt Lake County Commission, Governor, and the U.S. House of Representatives.
	www.byu.edu /~election/othhtml/two.html (357 words)

	1998 Election Coverage from KSL-TV Channel 5 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Cook wants to broaden the use of the death penalty for federal crimes, and build more federal prisons.
		Cook says only in cases of incest, rape or if the woman's life is endangered.
		Cook says his top priorities are replacing the current federal tax code and reforming and improving health care.
	www.ksl.com /dump/news/cc/elex/issues.htm (175 words)

	Salt Lake City Weekly - Biennial Favorite (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		By the millennium, Cook was definitely out of the good graces of the party, and lost the nomination to face Jim Matheson that year.
		The common wisdom was that Cook was political toast, and any comeback attempts would be quixotic at best, suicidal at worst.
		Cook says this time he’ll form an independent—of course—commission to look at changing the form of government.
	www.slweekly.com /editorial/2004/city_3_2004-09-23.cfm (903 words)

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