• Griffith Wilson (November 26, 1895 – January 24, 1971), also known as Bill Wilson or Bill W., was the co-founder of Alcoholics Anonymous (AA). AA is an international...
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    those in the US and Canada. AA dates its founding to 1935 with Bill Wilson’s (Bill W.) and Bob Smith’s (Dr. Bob) first commiseration alcoholic-to-alcoholic...
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    W. Brands (2012-08-16). "Hauenstein Lecture: The Cost of Greatness". Hauenstein Center for Presidential Studies. Retrieved 2014-03-10. Brands, H.W. (September...
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  • My Name Is Bill W. is a 1989 ABC Hallmark Hall of Fame made-for-television drama film directed by Daniel Petrie, starring James Woods, JoBeth Williams...
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    in 2004 as a coach. Only John Wooden, Lenny Wilkens, Tommy Heinsohn and Bill Russell share this double honor. Sharman is also notable for coaching the...
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  • Bill W. and Dr. Bob is a play written by Stephen Bergman and Janet Surrey, published by Samuel French, Inc. The play will return to Off-Broadway after...
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  • Bill W. is a 2012 American biographical film directed by Dan Carracino and Kevin Hanlon, about William Griffith Wilson, the co-founder of Alcoholics Anonymous...
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  • Billy Wade "Bill" Spiller (4 June 1926 – 23 September 2004) was a public broadcasting pioneer in the U.S. state of Virginia. A native of Tulia, Texas,...
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  • co-founder Bill W. They both followed their respective groups' tradition of anonymity until The New York Times revealed their full names upon Bill's death...
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    portraying as D.J. in the CBS movie Promise (1987) and Bill W. in the ABC film My Name Is Bill W. (1989). He has also played Roy Cohn in Citizen Cohn (1992)...
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  • Willingham, Bill (w), Willingham, Bill (p), Willingham, Bill (i). "Death in a Small Town" Shadowpact, no. 1 (July 2006). Willingham, Bill (w), Walker, Cory (p)...
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    things I can, and wisdom to know the difference. Goodby." AA's co-founder Bill W. and the staff liked the prayer and had it printed in modified form and...
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  • Funeral Home (March 20, 2016). "Bill W. Balthis 1939 - 2016". Citrus County Chronicle. Retrieved August 1, 2022. Bill W. Balthis at Find a Grave v t e...
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    Wikimedia Commons has media related to Bill Young. Congressman C.W. Bill Young official U.S. House website (archived) Bill Young for Congress Archived August...
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  • Bill Wayne Clayton, sometimes known as Billy Clayton (September 11, 1928 – January 6, 2007), was an American politician from West Texas who served as a...
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    wrestler currently signed to All Elite Wrestling (AEW) under the ring name Big Bill. He is previously known for his tenures with WWE (where he performed under...
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  • seek recovery from alcoholism. The Big Book was written by William G. "Bill W." Wilson, one of the founders of Alcoholics Anonymous (AA or A.A.), with...
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    Watch Wildlife, Wild in Your Garden, Birding with Bill Oddie, Britain Goes Wild with Bill Oddie and Bill Oddie Goes Wild. Oddie was born on 7 July 1941 in...
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    U.S. representative Bill McCollum, who ran as the Republican candidate. Following the 2004 election, in which Republican George W. Bush was re-elected...
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  • W. W. Grainger, Inc., is an American Fortune 500 industrial supply company founded in 1927 in Chicago by William W. (Bill) Grainger. He founded the company...
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  • Alcoholics Anonymous (AA) is a global fellowship founded in 1935 by Bill Wilson (known as Bill W.) and Robert Smith (known as Dr. Bob), and has since grown to...
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  • physician and surgeon who founded Alcoholics Anonymous with Bill Wilson (more commonly known as Bill W.). Smith was born in St. Johnsbury, Vermont, where he...
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  • Bill W. Benton is an American sound engineer. He won an Academy Award for Best Sound and has been nominated for two more in the same category. He has worked...
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  • baseball player Bill Sweek (born 1946/1947), American basketball player and coach Bill Vander Zalm (born 1934), Canadian politician Bill W. (1895–1971),...
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  • Bill W. Stacy (July 26, 1938 – January 4, 2024) was an American educator and university administrator. He was the founding president of California State...
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    "The James W. Dodge Foreign Language Advocate Award". Northeast Conference on the Teaching of Foreign Languages. "Hospitality Industry Icon, Bill Marriott...
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  • (March 1979). Mantlo, Bill (w), Colan, Gene (p), Milgrom, Al (i). "The Final Bong!" Howard the Duck, no. 31 (May 1979). Mantlo, Bill (w), Golden, Michael (p)...
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  • The Harry W. Colmery Veterans Educational Assistance Act of 2017 (Public Law 115-48), commonly known as the "Forever GI Bill", eliminated the 15-year use-it-or-lose-it...
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  • Rom the Space Knight (category Characters created by Bill Mantlo)
    Mantlo, Bill (w), Buscema, Sal (p), Buscema, Sal (i). "Arrival!" Rom, no. 1 (December 1979). Mantlo, Bill (w), Buscema, Sal (p), Akin...
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    Mornin'!!! with Bill Schulz and Joanne Nosuchinsky on Compound Media, and is best known for being on the Fox News late-night show Red Eye w/ Greg Gutfield...
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