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(Encyclopedia) Chilikadrotna Wild River: see Lake Clark National Park and Preserve. ...

(Encyclopedia) Tlikakila Wild River: see Lake Clark National Park and Preserve. ...

(Encyclopedia) Shoemaker, Bill (William Lee Shoemaker), 1931–2003, American jockey, b. Fabens, Tex. A schoolboy wrestler and Golden Gloves boxer, he became a jockey and won his first race at age 18. The former all...

(Encyclopedia) Alatna Wild River: see Gates of the Arctic National Park and Preserve. ...

(Encyclopedia) John Wild River: see Gates of the Arctic National Park and Preserve. ...

(Encyclopedia) Kobuk Wild River: see Gates of the Arctic National Park and Preserve. ...

(Encyclopedia) Tinayguk Wild River: see Gates of the Arctic National Park and Preserve. ...

(Encyclopedia) English, Bill (Simon William English), 1961–, New Zealand political leader. First elected to parliament in 1990, English held several ministerial positions and served as leader of the National party...

(Encyclopedia) canary kənârˈē [key], common name for a familiar cage bird of the family Ploceidae (Old World finch family), descended from either the wild serin finch or from the very similar wild canary, Serinu...

(Encyclopedia) Russell, Bill (William Felton Russell), 1934–, American basketball player, b. Monroe, La. Named an All-American while on the Univ. of San Francisco team, he played on the gold-medal-winning U.S. tea...