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  Mike Moore - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Moore was born in the town of Whakatane, a small town in New Zealand's Bay of Plenty region.
Moore was considerably embittered by this, believing himself to have been betrayed by the party he had worked for.
Moore is currently an adjunct professor in the law school at Latrobe University in Melbourne, Australia and is a regular columnist for the Australian Financial Review.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Mike_Moore   (801 words)

  
 Encyclopedia: Mike Moore   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
Michael Moore is the name of several notable individuals: Michael Moore, American author and film director Michael Moore, UK Liberal Democrat politician Mike Moore, former Prime Minister of New Zealand and former Director-General of the World Trade Organisation Michael Moore, former Mississippi attorney-general, known for his involvement with...
Mike Moore: No, I'm saying with the background information that I had at the time, and understand what it was, I saw with my own two eyes, seven tobacco executives raise their right hand and swear, before Congress, that nicotine was not an addictive drug.
Mike Moore: We thought we had a nice plan working, a proposal for a national resolution, but it was still in the works.
www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Mike-Moore   (3294 words)

  
 frontline: inside the tobacco deal: interviews: michael moore
Moore is Attorney General, Mississippi and lead negotiator for the state Attorneys General in the tobacco settlement.
Mike Moore: Well, I just always believed if you do the right thing, for the right reason and you never ever give up, no matter how tough it gets, that you are going to succeed.
Mike Moore: So, I mean those two guys, Merrill Williams and Jeffrey Wigand, we wouldn't be here today where we are with the three hundred sixty-eight billion dollar settlement without the courage of those two people.
www.pbs.org /wgbh/pages/frontline/shows/settlement/interviews/moore.html   (7497 words)

  
 WTO | News - Speeches: Director-General Mike Moore
WTO Director-General Mike Moore, in a speech at the 4th Ordinary Session of the OAU/AEC Conference of African Ministers of Trade on 22 September 2001 in Abuja, Nigeria, urged support for the launching of a new Round in Doha with “development” at its core.
Director-General Mike Moore, in a speech on 17 May 2001 in Brussels at the Third UN Conference on Least Developed Countries, said the WTO is “delivering” on assistance to the poorest countries, including significant market-access improvements for their exports.
Director-General Mike Moore, in a speech on 5 May 2001 in Geneva at the Conference on the role of the WTO in global governance, said “the building blocks of new round are almost in place”.
www.wto.org /english/news_e/spmm_e/spmm_e.htm   (3349 words)

  
 Mike Moore's code
Mike Moore steps down today as head of the World Trade Organization, leaving the cause of freer and fairer trade in better shape than he found it.
Three months into Moore's term, the strength of anti-globalization sentiment was evident in the "battle of Seattle", which formed a background to the failure to start a new round of global trade negotiations, although the protests were not the deciding factor.
Though Mike Moore's Lexus will no longer be the first car in the WTO car park of a morning, he plans to stay on in Geneva.
www.arena.org.nz /madmike1.htm   (1041 words)

  
 Unfairenheit 9/11 - The lies of Michael Moore. By Christopher Hitchens
In the interval between Moore's triumph at Cannes and the release of the film in the United States, the 9/11 commission has found nothing to complain of in the timing or arrangement of the flights.
Indeed, Moore's affected and ostentatious concern for fl America is one of the most suspect ingredients of his pitch package.
Yet Moore is a silly and shady man who does not recognize courage of any sort even when he sees it because he cannot summon it in himself.
www.slate.com /id/2102723   (3980 words)

  
 Spinsanity - Fahrenheit 9/11: The temperature at which Michael Moore's pants burn
During the CNN appearance from which Moore draws the clip, reporter Candy Crowley explained that Toobin's analysis assumed the statewide consideration of "overvotes," which was not a sure thing, though there are indications that Leon County Circuit Court judge Terry Lewis, who was supervising the recount, might have directed counties to consider them.
Moore's phrasing suggests that the Bin Ladens profited from the post-Sept. 11 buildup with the United Defense IPO but were forced to withdraw after the stock sale.
Moore suggests that the US was indifferent to the Taliban's harboring of Bin Laden, but Isikoff and Hosenball point out that the administration met with the envoy in part to discuss the fate of Bin Laden, who they were pressing the Taliban to turn over.
www.spinsanity.org /columns/20040702.html   (2986 words)

  
 Foreign Affairs - Free Trade Optimism: Lessons From the Battle in Seattle - Dani Rodrik
Moore attributes the debacle at Seattle to the lack of adequate preparation: his leadership team was barely in place and he had had little time to put his own stamp on the process and on the negotiating draft.
Moore was neither the first nor the only voice arguing that the new round should focus on the needs of developing countries.
Moore knew that the collapse of the talks there had less to do with the demonstrations outside the conference center than with the intransigence of the governments inside.
www.foreignaffairs.org /20030501fareviewessay11225/dani-rodrik/free-trade-optimism-lessons-from-the-battle-in-seattle.html   (2401 words)

  
 Mike Moore - Leading Authorities Speakers Bureau
Mike Moore's term at the WTO has coincided with momentous changes in the global economy and multilateral trading system.
Mike has introduced initiatives to enhance the WTO's image and to deepen its relations with civil society resulting in 10 new members joining the WTO during his tenure, including China.
Mike Moore was also the longest serving member of the New Zealand Parliamentary Select Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade.
www.leadingauthorities.com /search/biography.htm?s=19209   (410 words)

  
 Mike Moore | BaseballLibrary.com
The Mariners selected Moore first overall in the 1981 draft, ahead of Tony Gwynn, Joe Carter, Frank Viola, and Kevin McReynolds.
In 1985 Moore was 17-10 (setting the Mariners' season record for winning percentage,.630) with a 3.46 ERA in a hitter's park without much support.
The club's leader with 17 victories in 1992, Moore was tagged for six runs in less than three innings in Game Six of that season's ALCS as the Toronto Blue Jays routed Oakland 9-2 to advance to the World Series.
www.baseballlibrary.com /baseballlibrary/ballplayers/M/Moore_Mike.stm   (681 words)

  
 1998 Public Officials of the Year/Moore
That's why when Mississippi Attorney General Mike Moore became the first to sue cigarette makers with a novel and untested legal strategy, his fellow attorneys general initially were cool to the idea.
Moore, a former prosecutor who makes no secret of his political ambitions, insists that the issue is far bigger than either Fordice or himself — bigger even than his crusade against the Ku Klux Klan, the other major preoccupation of his years in office.
Having served notice on the tobacco industry of the power of collective action, Moore and his counterparts are now poised to expand their purview into other realms beyond traditional consumer protection efforts.
governing.com /poy/1998/ptmoore.htm   (603 words)

  
 ArtWanted.com | Mike Moore | Artwork Portfolio
Mike Moore is chiefly known for his remarkable talent using colour pencils.
Mike has tried to achieve his own style of photorealism strictly with coloured pencils and only began working full time at it since 1995 after moving to Marathon, Ontario on the north central shore of Lake Superior.
Mike now concentrates on capturing the spirit of green meadows and forests, dairy, sheep, cattle and horse farms, all tucked in and about the rolling hills of the Durham Region.
www.artwanted.com /artist.cfm?ArtID=9316   (278 words)

  
 Mike Moore
Mike is one of the leading advocates of a globalised world that will spread prosperity and lift millions out of poverty.
A sought-after speaker and writer, Mike is widely regarded as one of the most powerful voices in the debate about the future of globalisation.
Mike Moore's reflection on his time as Director-General of the World Trade Organisation is an important addition to the great globalization debate.
www.mike-moore.info   (228 words)

  
 Denis Dutton on Mike Moore
Hardly, says Moore, pointing out that the living standards of at least half a billion people have doubled since the early 1980s, and it wasn’t state socialism that achieved it.
Moore doesn’t add that anyone can now plug a small microphone into a computer and talk to London from Christchurch for $1 an hour (I do it).
Mike Moore is an irrepressible optimist, and his prognostications are far more pleasant.
www.denisdutton.com /mike_moore_review.htm   (591 words)

  
 AlterNet: Michael Moore's Rockstar Moment
On November 30, Moore got a call from his editor saying that since he wouldn't rewrite 50 percent, pay $100,000 to reprint the first 50,000 copies, or change the title, they planned to pulp the book.
Moore said he had been prevented from speaking at a Borders appearance because he had supported one store's efforts to unionize.
One of Moore's anecdotes in the book is about running for the school board at age 18, so that he could fire the principal.
www.alternet.org /story.html?StoryID=12577   (1883 words)

  
 Townhall.com :: Columns :: More Lott, Less Moore by Mike S. Adams - Jun 24, 2004   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
But in the case of promoting Michael Moore, it is worse because the information Moore proffers is usually irrelevant and often completely inaccurate.
Mike S. Adams (www.DrAdams.org) is the author of "Welcome to the Ivory Tower of Babel.".
Mike Adams is a criminology professor at the University of North Carolina Wilmington and is a regular columnist for Townhall.com.
www.townhall.com /columnists/mikeadams/ma20040624.shtml   (1006 words)

  
 Tim Blair: MIKE MOORE AIMS FOR A THREEPEAT
The only real difference is that Mike Moore uses his fantasies to make millions by pandering to a bunch of overpaid left wing useless idiots, while IXLTWIT attempts to match his wits, brain, and logic against the Evil Forces Of the Right (TM) on blogs like Tim's.
Moore has GOT to be muckraking for greed and attention and couldn't possibly believe a syllable of the inanity he puts out.
Moore's minions tend to be diehard non-profitable sheeple and we, his detractors, tend to be his nexus of promotion and purveyors of his profitable brand of controversy, oddly enough.
timblair.spleenville.com /archives/006506.php   (2919 words)

  
 WTO | director-general
Mike Moore is a former Prime Minister of New Zealand.
Moore is the author of numerous books: “On Balance”, “Beyond Today”, “A Pacific Parliament”, “The Added Value Economy”, “Hard Labour”, “Fighting for New Zealand”, “Children of the Poor”, and the latest, “A Brief History of the Future”, published in September 1998.
Moore was born in Whakatane, New Zealand, in 1949.
www.wto.org /english/thewto_e/dg_e/mm_e.htm   (381 words)

  
 BBC News | The Economy | In profile: Mike Moore
The former New Zealand premier Mike Moore is seen by many as the frontrunner in the race for the top job at the World Trade Organisation.
Mr Moore has a natural instinct for politics and the kind of communication skills that Dr Supachai allegedly sometimes lacks.
Mr Moore added mischievously: "We were staying in a hotel where we could touch both walls.
news.bbc.co.uk /hi/english/business/the_economy/newsid_347000/347730.stm   (386 words)

  
 Mike Moore Baseball Stats by Baseball Almanac
Mike Moore was born on Thursday, November 26, 1959, in Eakly, Oklahoma.
Moore was 22 years old when he broke into the big leagues on April 11, 1982, with the Seattle Mariners.
His biographical data, year-by-year hitting stats, fielding stats, pitching stats (where applicable), career totals, uniform numbers, salary data and miscellaneous items-of-interest are presented by Baseball Almanac on this comprehensive Mike Moore baseball stats page.
www.baseball-almanac.com /players/player.php?p=mooremi01   (306 words)

  
 interview with Mike Moore
Lacking formal powers or big budgetary resources, Mr Moore, who is 50, will need to convince WTO members that he will serve all of them as impartial referee, conciliator and deal-broker.
Furthermore, the WTO is increasingly under attack from vociferous and well-organised opponents of globalisation, who are threatening mass protests at its ministerial meeting in Seattle in late November.
Mr Moore expects responding to such critics to be an important part of his job.
mailman.lbo-talk.org /1999/1999-September/015313.html   (1021 words)

  
 10/16/04: Shall We Dance with Mike Moore?
Mike is back in the news with his yet another F911 battle.
Put it this way, if Moore and his crew did sign an actual and legal contract with iN Demand, iN Demand is in real hot water for breach of contract...
    Moore said Friday he signed a contract with the company in early September and is considering legal action.
www.mrcranky.com /movies/shallwedance2/29.html   (586 words)

  
 Press Release Archive: Former Director-General of the WTO, Mike Moore, to Speak on the WTO and Globalization's ...
The roundtable on trade and investment policy is sponsored by The George Washington University’s Elliott School of International Affairs and The Brookings Institution and made possible through a grant from the Coca Cola Company and the GW Center for the Study of Globalization.
Moore will share his experiences and candidly discuss the current outlook for the WTO.
Moore has received many awards in recognition of his political achievements and contributions.
www.gwu.edu /%7Emedia/pressreleases/10-15-02-MikeMoore.htm   (357 words)

  
 Frontline Series 3 Mike Moore   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
There are many words you could associate with Mike Moore but one has stood out over the last two years; success.
As Frontline shot to the top of the ratings heap it dragged Mike along with it and now the words respected, admired and awarded seem synonymous with him too.
Mike is certainly enjoying the fruits of his success and few would begrudge him that.
www.workingdog.com /frontline/series3/mike.html   (160 words)

  
 ArtWanted.com | Mike Moore | Real Estate 002 - SOLD
I thought this was a photo at first, great work Mike...
Mike you have done an awesome job on this, perfect!
At first glance, second glance, thierd glance, and the fourth one, I actually thought this was a photo...
www.artwanted.com /imageview.cfm?ID=89504   (142 words)

  
 Matt Moore and Mike Hass aim to disprove predictions   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
This season, the Beavers were picked in the Pac-10 media poll to finish seventh, with questions surrounding quarterback Matt Moore, a transfer from UCLA who hasn't played in two seasons.
Moore, a 6-foot-4, 180-pound junior, started for the Bruins five times and appeared in 13 total games between 2002 and 2003.
Moore's primary target will likely be senior receiver Mike Hass, who set the Oregon State single-season records with 86 catches for 1,379 yards last year.
sfgate.com /cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/n/a/2005/08/22/sports/s170802D99.DTL   (741 words)

  
 The Space Film Features: Mike Moore Speaks: Bowling for Columbine
Homemade bombs and explosive devices were found planted around the building and several survivors later reported that Harris and Klebold were smiling and laughing as they shot their fellow students.
We stopped in for gas at a gas station and, if you’ve seen the movie, there’s a kid who wishes he was number one on the bomb suspect list but was bummed out because he was number two suspect after Columbine in the local school in Michigan.
Did you ever think of using a clip from ‘Birth of a Nation’ (1916 film which portrays fls as rapists and the Ku Klux Klan as heroes) because that really is where the stigma began being attached to fl people.
www.abc.net.au /arts/film/stories/s654932.htm   (3165 words)

  
 Gulfnews: Mike Moore: Discrimination raises fanatics on both sides
Mike Moore: Discrimination raises fanatics on both sides
Every society will face these issues, how to navigate them while keeping a sense of justice, balance and good humour will be the challenge.
Mike Moore is a former prime minister of New Zealand and a former director-general of World Trade Organisation.
www.gulfnews.com /Articles/OpinionNF.asp?ArticleID=144490   (775 words)

  
 Mike Moore Statistics - Baseball-Reference.com   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
Mike Moore knew what it meant to be a pitcher.
Troy Thelen and Kyle Smith agree," He may be the most amazing athletic specimen we have ever witnessed." Here is to you Mike Moore.
View Mike Moore's uniforms at Dressed to the Nines, a Baseball Hall of Fame on-line exhibit
www.baseball-reference.com /m/mooremi01.shtml   (445 words)

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