After the primary, Missouri Governor Kit Bond appointed Ashcroft to the office of State Auditor, which Bond had vacated when he became Governor.

While Attorney General, Ashcroft consistently denied that the FBI or any other law enforcement agency had used the Patriot Act to obtain library circulation records or those of retail sales.

The Ashcroft Group, LLC officially opened its doors in the fall of 2005 and as of March 2006 had twenty-one clients, turning down two for every one accepted.

In May 2006, based on conversations with members of Congress, key aides and lobbyists, The Hill magazine listed Ashcroft as one of top 50 " hired guns " that K Street had to offer.

On October 23, 2001, John Ashcroft claimed that Jarrah had shared a Hamburg apartment with Mohamed Atta and Marwan al-Shehhi, though German authorities that same day told the Los Angeles Times that they had no evidence that any of Jarrah ’ s three apartments in Hamburg had been connected with the other hijackers.

Iachimo was played by Geoffrey Keen, whose father Malcolm had played Jachimo with Ashcroft at the Old Vic in 1932.

Ashcroft said the five videotapes, shown by the FBI without sound, had been recovered from the rubble of the home of Mohammad Atef outside of Kabul, Afghanistan.

According to White ,( 64 ) Ohio Falls ’ advertisement in the 1868 Ashcroft Railway Directory stated they had cars on hand ready for immediate delivery.

Ashcroft later stated: " I knew that I had to do it earlier on, but I just wouldn't face it.

Critic Mike Gee of iZINE said of this time, " The Verve, as he ( Richard Ashcroft ) promised, had become the greatest band in the world.

By the time the band had split, Ashcroft had already been working on solo material accompanied by, among others, Salisbury and Cole.

Chavasse's medals, which had been left by his family to St Peter's College, Oxford, were purchased in 2009 by Lord Ashcroft for around £ 1. 5 million, a world record price.

He later wrote an article for Vanity Fair about his investigation of Steven Hatfill, a virologist who had been labeled a " person of interest " by Attorney General John Ashcroft.

The race between Ashcroft and Mel Carnahan had been close.

Although arguably under Missouri law Mel Carnahan could not win, since he was dead and therefore did not " live " in the state, and Ashcroft actually won ( receiving the most votes of the legally qualified candidates ), Ashcroft did not contest the election certification of the Democratic Secretary of State, possibly because no legal precedent had been set.

* On November 30, 2000, Roger Cossack interviewed John Ashcroft, who had just been defeated by Mel Carnahan.

( Radley had married The Verve's singer Richard Ashcroft in 1995, however after a reconciliation with Pierce, she eventually returned to Ashcroft by the time of her illness ).

Following the tour, Ashcroft had hoped to perform two " Homecoming " shows at Wigan Athletic's 25, 000 seater JJB Stadium in June 2006, but was unable to do so as the proposed venue lacked the " appropriate licence ".

During the same month Ashcroft had signed with the record company Razor & Tie in the United States.

Ashcroft composed a paean called " Let the Eagle Soar " which he sang at the Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary in February 2002, which was satirically featured in Michael Moore's 2004 movie Fahrenheit 9 / 11 and has been frequently mocked by comedians such as David Letterman, Stephen Colbert and David Cross, to name a few.

Ashcroft has been a proponent of the War on Drugs.

Arguments have been advanced by Neil Ashcroft and others that there is a melting point maximum in compressed hydrogen, but also that there may be a range of densities ( at pressures around ) where hydrogen may be a liquid metal, even at low temperatures.

" Ashcroft has said that he's always been " a depressive, someone who suffers from depression ", and that music and creativity help him cope with his illness.

His television career continued with She's Been Away ( 1989 ) starring Peggy Ashcroft and also winning awards at Venice, before a return to film with Close My Eyes ( 1991 ), starring Clive Owen, Saskia Reeves and Alan Rickman in an elaborate reworking of the incest theme that had been central to Hitting Town, followed by Century ( 1993 ), with Owen, Dance and Miranda Richardson.

" Finally, the Federal Communications Commission denied Entercom's assertions of the unconstitutionality of its definition of indecency, stating in conclusion, " The constitutional validity of the Commission's indecency standard has been repeatedly affirmed by the courts " and that Ashcroft v. Free Speech Commission and Reno v. ACLU did not alter this conclusion.

On 16 February 2008, New Zealand Police announced all the medals had been recovered as a result of a NZ $ 300, 000 reward offered by Michael Ashcroft and Tom Sturgess.

On 16 February 2008 New Zealand Police announced all the medals had been recovered as a result of a NZ $ 300, 000 reward offered by Michael Ashcroft and Tom Sturgess.

On 16 February 2008 New Zealand Police announced all the medals had been recovered as a result of a NZ $ 300, 000 reward offered by Michael Ashcroft and Tom Sturgess.

On 16 February 2008 New Zealand Police announced all the medals had been recovered as a result of a NZ $ 300, 000 reward offered by Michael Ashcroft and Tom Sturgess.

She has been a vocal proponent of stronger copyright law, supporting the government in Eldred v. Ashcroft and opposing Google's plan to digitize books and post limited content online.

The range has been the site of mining activity since the days of the Colorado Silver Boom, which saw the founding of mining towns such as Aspen and Ashcroft.

Although the song's lyrics were written by Verve vocalist Richard Ashcroft, it has been credited to Keith Richards and Mick Jagger after charges by the original copyright owners that the song was plagiarized from the Andrew Oldham Orchestra recording of The Rolling Stones ' 1965 song " The Last Time ".

Physical size and agility have, nonetheless, never been sufficient, on their own, to qualify a goalkeeper for greatness, and Jimmy Ashcroft, the Woolwich Arsenal goalkeeper, contributed an appreciation of Roose which singled him out for his bravery in diving at the feet of onrushing forwards:

In 1901 – 02, Ashcroft kept 17 clean sheets in 34 League matches for Woolwich Arsenal, including six clean sheets in a row ( a club record, that has only been equalled once since, by Alex Manninger in 1998 ); Arsenal finished fourth in the Second Division that season, and third the season after that.

* 1971 – Richard Ashcroft, English singer-songwriter ( The Verve and RPA & The United Nations of Sound )

The Verve were an English alternative rock band formed in 1989 in Wigan by lead vocalist Richard Ashcroft, guitarist Nick McCabe, bass guitarist Simon Jones and drummer Peter Salisbury.

The group were signed by Hut Records in 1991 and their first studio releases in 1992, " All In The Mind ", " She's a Superstar ", and " Gravity Grave " ( along with the December 1992 Verve ) saw the band become a critical success, making an impression with freeform guitar work by McCabe and unpredictable vocals by Ashcroft.

However, in early 1997, Ashcroft decided to ask McCabe to return, claiming " I got to the point where nothing other than The Verve would do for me ".

During his solo career, Ashcroft expressed regret at having asked McCabe to return for the album instead of releasing it under his own name, saying: " Imagine being the guy that's written an album on his own, bottles it near the end, feels like there's unfinished business, rings Nick McCabe up who adds some guitars, puts it out as The Verve and the same problems arise again.

In August 2009 The Guardian speculated that The Verve have broken up for a third time, with Jones and McCabe no longer speaking to Ashcroft as they felt he was using the reunion as a vehicle to get his solo career on track.

On 7 July 2010 Ashcroft confirmed that the band " is over for good ", though some weeks later did not rule out another Verve reunion.

* Also notably Vernon Kay is a big fan of The Verve, and conducted his last interview on T4 with Richard Ashcroft.

The Verve ( at the time known simply as " Verve ") went more towards mainstream rock on their 1997 album Urban Hymns, before singer Richard Ashcroft released a number of solo albums.

Richard Ashcroft was so impressed with Oasis during the time, that he invited them to tour with his band The Verve as an opening act.

He is also a regular on the digital radio sports show, " TalkSPORT " Other notable friends of his are, Mani of The Stone Roses, Richard Ashcroft of The Verve – for whom he dedicated a song, " Cast No Shadow ", the band members of the Chemical Brothers ,-Sex Pistols members John Lydon and Steve Jones the members of the rock band Kasabian, Andy Nicholson, boxer Ricky Hatton, Paul McCartney, Liverpool F. C footballer Jamie Carragher, Chris Martin, Jonny Buckland, Johnny Marr, Paul Weller, Ian Brown, John Squire, Lee Mavers, Jack Dee, Craig Cash, Kelly Jones and Johnny Depp ( who played slide guitar on the Oasis song Fade In-Out ).

Later that year, he produced Psyence Fiction, the debut album by Unkle, a long-time Mo ' Wax production team that featured guest appearances including Thom Yorke ( Radiohead ), Richard Ashcroft ( The Verve ), Mike D ( Beastie Boys ), Kool G. Rap, Jason Newsted ( Metallica ) among others.

In 1999, he began working with Richard Ashcroft, of The Verve, during the recording sessions of Ashcroft's debut solo album, Alone With Everybody.

* Richard Ashcroft ( originally from Wigan ), singer-songwriter, The Verve

Ashcroft formed The Verve ( originally just Verve ) in 1990 with McCabe, Jones and Salisbury.

" The Verve was subsequently forced to give ABKCO 100 percent of the royalties from " Bitter Sweet Symphony ", and Mick Jagger and Keith Richards were given songwriting credits along with Ashcroft.

The album included collaborations with an all-star lineup including Thom Yorke ( Radiohead ), Mike D ( Beastie Boys ), Kool G. Rap, Jason Newsted ( Metallica ), Badly Drawn Boy and Richard Ashcroft ( The Verve ).

Actor Ian Bleasdale and Richard Ashcroft ( of The Verve ) come from Upholland.

Radley had secretly married Richard Ashcroft of The Verve in 1995.

* Richard Ashcroft, Pete Salisbury, Simon Jones & Nick McCabe-from the band The Verve.

* Richard Ashcroft ( born 1971 ), former singer with The Verve