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Bill Paxton Biography
Bill Paxton actorBorn: 5/17/1955Birthplace: Fort Worth, Texas With a film like the blockbuster Titanic (1997) on his resume, the future looks promising for Paxton. But that was not always the…Bill Moyers Biography
Bill Moyersjournalist, public officialBorn: 6/5/1934Birthplace: Hugo, Oklahoma Bill Moyers has had a long and varied career that includes a stint as deputy director of the Peace Corps (1961–63). A…Bill Bradley Biography
Bill BradleyBorn: July 28, 1943Basketball F 2-time All-America at Princeton; Player of the Year and Final 4 MOP in 1965; captain of gold medal-winning 1964 U.S. Olympic team; Sullivan Award…Bill France Sr.
Bill France Sr.Born: Sept. 26, 1909Stock car pioneer and promoter founded NASCAR in 1948; guided race circuit through formative years; built both Daytona (Fla.) Int'l Speedway and Talladega (…Bille Burke Biography
Bille Burke(Mary William Ethelbert Appleton)actressBorn: 8/7/1885Birthplace: Washington, D.C. The daughter of a singing clown in the Barnum & Bailey Circus, Burke began acting at a young age and…Bill Murray Biography
Bill Murrayactor, screenwriter, comedianBorn: 9/21/1950Birthplace: Willmette, Illinois Like so many of his fellow Saturday Night Live (SNL) alumni, Bill Murray honed his improvisational…Cody
(Encyclopedia) Cody Cody kōˈdē [key], city (2020 pop. 10,028), seat of Park co., NW Wyo., on the Shoshone…veto
(Encyclopedia) veto [Lat.,=I forbid], power of one functionary (e.g., the president) of a government, or of one member of a group or coalition, to block the operation of laws or agreements passed or…Home Rule
(Encyclopedia) Home Rule, in Irish and English history, political slogan adopted by Irish nationalists in the 19th cent. to describe their objective of self-government for Ireland. Escalating…indictment
(Encyclopedia) indictmentindictmentĭndītˈmənt [key], in criminal law, formal written accusation naming specific persons and crimes. Persons suspected of crime may be rendered liable to trial by…