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Bill Bowerman Biography

Bill BowermanAge: 88 Oregon track coach from 1949-72 who co-founded Nike with his former student Phil Knight; coached 24 NCAA individual champions at Oregon and won four team championships;…

Bill Bonanno Biography

mafia memberDied: January 1, 2008 (Tucson, Arizona) Best Known as: consigliere of the infamous Bonanno mob A member of the infamous Bonanno mob, one of New…

Bill Hartack Biography

jockeyDied: Nov. 26, 2007 (Texas) Best Known as: champion jockey who won five Kentucky Derbys A champion jockey who won the Kentucky Derby five times during…

Bill Blass Biography

Bill BlassBorn: 6/22/1922 Birthplace: Fort Wayne, Ind fashion designer known for his classic yet elegant designs favored by Nancy Reagan, Brooke Astor, and Jessye Norman. He was also an…

Bill McArthur Biography

Bill McArthurAge: 78 former Western Oregon football coach who compiled a record of 180–124–6 over 36 seasons with the team; McArthur is a member of the NAIA Hall of Fame, University of Santa…

Bill Gates Biography

Bill Gates(William Henry Gates III)software industry pioneer, philanthropistBorn: 10/28/1955Birthplace: Seattle, Wash. After years of tinkering with computers, Gates dropped out of Harvard…

Bill Graham Biography

Bill Graham(Wolfgang Grajonca)rock music promoter/managerBorn: 1931Birthplace: Berlin, Germany After fleeing Nazi Germany with his parents and serving in the U.S. Army in Korea, he settled…

Bill Talbert Biography

Bill TalbertAge: 80 Hall of Fame tennis champion who won four men's doubles titles with Gardnar Mulloy and four mixed doubles titles with Margaret Osborne duPont at the United States…

Brewer's: Buffalo Bill

Colonel Cody. Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894Buffalo RobeBuff A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z Related…

Brewer's: Cooing and Billing

like Philip and Mary on a shilling. The reference is to coins struck in the year 1555, in which Mary and her consort are placed face to face, and not cheek by jowl, the usual way. Still…