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Stooky Bill. Baird in 1925 with his televisor scanner and dummies "James" and "Stooky Bill" (right). The banks of bright lights were needed to produce a bright enough image at the receiver. Modern replica of Stooky Bill. Stooky Bill was the name given to the head of a ventriloquist 's dummy that Scottish television pioneer John Logie Baird used ...
William Boggs III. ( 1941-07-11) July 11, 1941 (age 82) Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S. Education. University of Pennsylvania. Occupation (s) Television host, producer, author, professional speaker. William Boggs III (born July 11, 1941) is an American television host and journalist .
An omnibus bill is a proposed law that covers a number of diverse or unrelated topics. Omnibus is derived from Latin and means "to, for, by, with or from everything". An omnibus bill is a single document that is accepted in a single vote by a legislature but packages together several measures into one or combines diverse subjects.
Téléphone (French pronunciation:) was a French rock band formed in 1976. Their first, self-titled album was released in 1977; by the end of the decade they were one of the biggest French rock bands in the world, opening shows for The Rolling Stones in Paris, Quebec, the United States and Japan.
The federal telephone excise tax is a statutory federal excise tax imposed under the Internal Revenue Code in the United States under 26 U.S.C. § 4251 on amounts paid for certain "communications services". The tax was to be imposed on the person paying for the communications services (such as a customer of a telephone company) but, under 26 U ...
29 July 1946 (age 77) Glasgow, Scotland. Occupation (s) Director, screenwriter. Years active. 1980–present. William David Forsyth (born 29 July 1946). known as Bill Forsyth, is a Scottish film director and writer known for his films Gregory's Girl (1981), Local Hero (1983) and Comfort and Joy (1984) as well as his adaptation of the Marilynne ...
Bill Nelson. Clarence William Nelson II (born September 29, 1942) is an American politician and attorney serving as the administrator of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA). Nelson previously served as a United States senator from Florida from 2001 to 2019.
Full list. William James Murray (born September 21, 1950) [2] is an American actor and comedian, known for his deadpan delivery in roles ranging from studio comedies to independent dramas. [3] In 2016, Murray was awarded the Mark Twain Prize for American Humor.