Lehrman (whose Institute this columnist professionally advises), the eminence grise of the principled American gold standard.

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Lyons had founded the company in 1922, and though he had retired in 1972, he remained a revered minence grise.

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Interestingly, the woman often cited as the eminence grise behind the anti-global forces in Seattle is playing a more subdued role in Washington.

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This year, however, the family headed further west and dropped anchor outside the remote Inuit town of Grise Fiord in the Canadian Arctic.

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Prominent among these are the great Reagan Gold Commissioners Rep. Ron Paul, the eminence grise of the Austrian gold standard, and Lewis E.

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Although Grise Fiord represents the most northerly civilian settlement in North America, Brossier explains that the town is still privy to the comforts of contemporary western life.

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He is paid to measure the thickness of the winter ice, ocean currents and weather patterns in and around Grise Fiord for research institutions in Toronto and Vancouver.

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Brian Domitrovic, former presidential candidate Steve Forbes, philanthropist Sean Fieler (chairman of American Principles in Action, which actively promotes competing currencies together with the gold standard), and the eminence grise of the conservative gold proponents, Reagan Gold Commissioner Lewis E.

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