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geranium

(Encyclopedia) geranium, common name for some members of the Geraniaceae, a family of herbs and small shrubs of temperate and subtropical regions. Their long, beak-shaped fruits give them the popular…

Fitzgerald, Ella

(Encyclopedia) Fitzgerald, Ella, 1917–96, American jazz singer, b. Newport News, Va. Probably the most celebrated jazz vocalist of her generation, Fitzgerald was reared in Yonkers, N.Y., moving after…

Boyd, Bill

(William) (“Hopalong Cassidy”) actorBirthplace: Cambridge, OhioBorn: 1895Died: 1972

Maher, Bill

TV hostBirthplace: New York CityBorn: 1/20/56

Bill W.

(William Griffith Wilson)founder of Alcoholics AnonymousBirthplace: East Dorset, VermontBorn: 1895Died: 1971

Elliott, Bill

auto racingBirthplace: Dawsonville, Ga.Born: 10/8/55

Bill Bradley

Outsider vs. insider: Gore's toughest challenger by Beth Rowen This article was posted on August 27, 1999. Bill Bradley has proposed strict hand-gun regulations as well as campaign-finance…

Bill Gates

Gates, Bill (William Henry Gates 3d), 1955–, American business executive, b. Seattle, Wash. At the age of 19, Gates founded (1974) the Microsoft Corp., a computer software firm, with Paul…

Bill Frisell

NashvilleNonesuch By signing to an artsy-fartsy label like Nonesuch (which carries Richard Goode's Beethoven and historic stuff like George Gershwin and Jelly Roll Morton piano roll…

Brewer's: Bill

(The ). The nose, also called the beak. Hence, “Billy” is slang for a pocket-handkerchief. Lastly came Winter, clothed all in frize, Chattering his teeth for cold that did him chill;…