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    Welfare; and Hobby became its first head. Culp was born on January 19, 1905, in Killeen, Texas, to Texas lawyer and legislator Isaac William Culp and Emma...
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    In folklore, a hobby horse is a costumed character that features in some traditional seasonal customs, processions and similar observances around the...
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    lieutenant governorship when on June 1, 1987, longtime incumbent William P. "Bill" Hobby Jr. of Houston announced that he would not seek a sixth term. Bullock...
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    city. Two of these airports, George Bush Intercontinental Airport and William P. Hobby Airport, offer commercial aviation service to a variety of domestic...
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    Raymond William Stacy Burr (May 21, 1917 – September 12, 1993) was a Canadian actor who had a lengthy Hollywood film career and portrayed the title roles...
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  • compete with crosstown rival Beaumont Journal (founded 1889). In 1907, William P. Hobby became manager and part owner of the Enterprise and bought the paper...
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    must first be actively practicing or involved with magic as a career or hobby and audition before the academy's membership reviewing committee. Associate...
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  • Wongalere property near Williamstown to his son William, who had been developing its vineyard. William junior sold Pewsey Vale shortly after inheriting it...
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    ranking officers of the War Department and the WAAC chieftain, Mrs. William Pettus Hobby…." This followed O'Donnell's 7 June column discussing efforts of...
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    (2003). In Black and White: The Life of Sammy Davis Junior. New York: A. A. Knopf (Random House). p. 516. ISBN 0-375-40354-X. Retrieved April 29, 2006...
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