Factbites
 Where results make sense
About us   |   Why use us?   |   Reviews   |   PR   |   Contact us  

Topic: Bill Holden


Related Topics

In the News (Mon 28 Dec 09)

  
  William Holden (actor) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Holden was married to actress Brenda Marshall from 1941 until their divorce (after many long separations) in 1971.
Holden is believed to have had a seven-year relationship with Eva May Hoffman, the wife of composer Emil Newman, and visual evidence strongly supports the allegation that he was the biological father of Hoffman and Newman's children Arlene and William.
Holden was alone and heavily intoxicated when he apparently slipped on a throw rug, severely gashed his head on a night table, and bled to death.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/William_Holden   (1185 words)

  
 The religion of William Holden, actor
Holden was co-starred with Ryan O'Neal as a pair of wandering outlaws.
Bill felt that he had done good work for the film, and while he regretted the morbid tone that Collinson had applied to the script, he clung to the cautious optimism that a miracle in the cutting room would save the film.
Bill Holden reacted with anger and frustration because of how the dying Peter Collinson had subverted what Bill had hoped would be a film of hope and inspiration (Collinson died in December of 1980).
www.adherents.com /people/ph/William_Holden.html   (3121 words)

  
 Online NewsHour: The Pennsylvania 17th District Race -- Tim Holden Biography
Holden is fighting for a sixth term as south central Pennsylvania's voice in Congress after a Republican state legislature set him against twenty-year Congressional veteran George Gekas.
Holden was born in 1957 in St. Clair, Pennsylvania to a family with a long history of local leadership.
Holden knows his district is overwhelmingly Republican and pro-President Bush, and he insists he is in touch with their conservative political leanings.
www.pbs.org /newshour/vote2002/races/pa_holden.html   (781 words)

  
 Holden vetoes two bills
Holden’s veto letter to lawmakers said the legislation would have made it too hard for home buyers to be compensated for defects and that the bill "fails to adequately protect consumers" and gives an unfair advantage to contractors.
The animal farm bill would have set up a process for local governments to follow to adopt design and operating standards for "concentrated animal feeding operations" that were more restrictive than federal and state law.
For example, the bill changed the definition of water contaminant, providing that anything accidentally discharged into the water that is cleaned up and does not leave the owner’s property would no longer be considered in violation of state environmental regulations.
www.columbiatribune.com /2004/Jul/20040707News030.asp   (419 words)

  
 Little Egyptian Catalyst Forums - Bill Holden, This Old Cub Walking From AZ to Chicago   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
Holden is a blue-collar man of modest means, who, after 32 years of teaching, is enduring his second school year without a class.
Holden even left his wallet on the side of a highway in Arizona, but after getting a ride back up the mountain, he found it sitting there later that night.
Then there was the Saturday when Holden was out for a leisurely morning stroll (he was ahead of his planned itinerary so he didn't need to walk that day) and found himself in dire need of a bathroom.
www.southernillinois.net /showthread.php?goto=lastpost&t=27619   (2210 words)

  
 Santo story inspires man to raise funds for diabetes association
Holden was so touched by a documentary about Santo, a Scottsdale resident who lost both of his legs to diabetes, that he's trying to walk from Arizona to Chicago to raise money for the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation.
Holden, a Prescott Valley resident who departed Jan. 11, is trudging along slowly on his quest.
Holden, 56, a former teacher, once taught on the Gila River Indian Community, where diabetes is rampant.
www.azcentral.com /arizonarepublic/northscottsdale/articles/0212sr-santo12Z9.html   (291 words)

  
 A Walk to Remember   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
Holden decided to hold off going under the knife, a decision that puts him in physical peril, but one he is okay with.
Holden hopes to have those final miles ticked off by July 1st because he has a ticket for that day’s game, the Nationals versus the Cubbies.
Holden also has another goal, which is to raise $250,000 for research to combat juvenile diabetes.
www.athomeplate.com /walktoremember.shtml   (470 words)

  
 Abandoned baby bill signed
The Missouri bill is modeled after a 1999 Texas law that was the nation’s first statute providing amnesty to parents who abandon infants.
While the abuse scandal provided "a backdrop for discussions" on the bill, Holden said, "the issue is larger than that." Holden said the focus should be on protecting children from harm.
Under the bill, people who know they have HIV and have sex without telling their partners about the disease could face five to 15 years in prison.
www.showmenews.com /2002/Jul/20020703News021.asp   (573 words)

  
 Little Egyptian Catalyst Forums - Bill Holden, This Old Cub Walking From AZ to Chicago   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
Holden was scheduled for reconstructive surgery on each of his knees prior to the trip.
Holden was so moved by the picture that he decided something had to be done to help find a cure for the disease that ultimately cost Santo both legs.
Holden's alma matter, Southern Illinois, has donated a flight home, but he's not sure where he wants home to be.
www.southernillinois.net /showthread.php?goto=newpost&t=27619   (2210 words)

  
 Player Bio: Bill Holden :: Men's Basketball   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
Bill Holden is entering his ninth season as a full-time assistant at Harvard and his 11th year overall with the program in 2006-07.
Holden returned to Harvard in 1997 after spending three years as an assistant coach at his alma mater, Bentley College, where he served under head coach Jay Lawson.
Holden played on two nationally ranked Bentley squads, including the 1988-89 team that finished with a 25-6 record, won the Northeast-10 title, and qualified for the NCAA Championships.
gocrimson.collegesports.com /sports/m-baskbl/mtt/holden_bill00.html   (372 words)

  
 William Holden - Reviews on RateItAll
William Holden was IMHO, the finest film actor of his generation.Bill was a very natural actor-always real and believable.Bill had the special ability to be able to seamlessly enter the heart and soul of his character and become that character on screen.
Bill had a inate understanding of human frailty-'That for the Grace of God go I.Bill`s sensitivity, compassion,and empathy which he brought to each of his roles is beautiful to watch.Bill so often conveyed a tenderness and human little boy lost vulnerabilty which was very touching.
Bill had the mosy beautiful smile ever-filled with true, gentle sweetness.Bill was a dedicated wildlife/nature conservationist-the accomplishment for which he was most proud.
www.rateitall.com /i-810-william-holden.aspx   (597 words)

  
 Tim Holden on Crime   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
Vote to pass a bill to appropriate $1.5 billion to all of the states that want to improve their juvenile justice operations.
Among other provisions this bill includes funding for development, implementation, and administration of graduated sanctions for juvenile offenders, funds for building, expanding, or renovating juvenile corrections facilities, hiring juvenile judges, probation officers, and additional prosecutors for juvenile cases.
Vote on a bill to make it harder for prisoners who have been given the death penalty in state courts to appeal the decision on constitutional grounds in the federal courts.
www.ontheissues.org /PA/Tim_Holden_Crime.htm   (478 words)

  
 Chicago Cubs News   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
Holden, 56, is walking from Camp Verde, Ariz., to Chicago and hopes to reach Wrigley Field in time for the Chicago Cubs game June 30, against the Milwaukee Brewers.
Holden is walking 12 miles a day in hopes of raising $250,000 to give to the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation, which is one of Santo's favorite charities.
Holden grew up in Elgin, Ill., and remembers sitting in the lifeguard chair during his summer job, listening to Vince Lloyd and Lou Boudreau on the radio broadcasting the Cubs games.
chicago.cubs.mlb.com /NASApp/mlb/chc/news/chc_news.jsp?ymd=20050128&content_id=936542&vkey=news_chc&fext=.jsp   (837 words)

  
 Cubs fan's long walk to help fight diabetes
And Holden, an elementary and secondary school teacher for 32 years, thinks about the diabetic students he once had in his class in Sacaton, a town on the diabetes-ravaged Gila River Reservation south of Phoenix.
Holden said he was becoming burned out as a teacher and was close to retiring before deciding to take this year off.
Holden is trying to average 12 miles a day, keeping south to avoid cold weather.
www.thisoldcub.com /press/arizonarepublic021405holden14.html   (995 words)

  
 Bill Holden   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
Holden Australia is an Australian car manufacturer, originallyindependent but now a subsidiary of General Motors.
Holden began as Holden's Motor Body Builders Ltd., a coachbuilder that made bodies to suit a number of chassis imported from different manufacturers, butparticularly Chevrolet.
The Holden 48/215,introduced in 1948, was a medium-sized vehicle fitted with a 132 cubic inch (2.15 litre)engine, and based on a design proposed for the 1949 Chevrolet, that had been rejected as being too small for that purpose.
www.vermontreview.com /edge/39266-billholden.html   (422 words)

  
 Real Time: Of the Essence - Activant Solutions, Inc. - Distribution Software
Bill Holden, president of Haggard and Stocking and a 30-plus year veteran of the industrial marketplace, remembers the "old days" of trying to predict whether or not he would have a profitable month.
Holden says that CommerceCenter lets his staff easily access and analyze information about the company's inventory to assist in making more strategically sound decisions.
Holden remembers training new employees on Haggard and Stocking's old software package: "It took up to six months before new employees were able to get around on that system, and it took them the better part of a year to become truly competent," he says.
www.p21.com /prophetsharing/july-03-realtime.html   (715 words)

  
 Journal Inquirer - Enfield man gets to Carnegie Hall
Holden began composing music and drumming around the age of nine, says his mother, Louise Holden.
Bill Holden says he plays, "basically anything you can hit," including tambourine and triangle when it comes to orchestral music.
Holden says some tickets to the Carnegie Hall concert may still be available and advises anyone who wants to attend to call the box office.
www.journalinquirer.com /site/news.cfm?newsid=15311663&BRD=985&PAG=461&dept_id=161556&rfi=6   (516 words)

  
 O'Fallon Historical Society: Families of O'Fallon: William (Bill) Holden, O'Fallon Centennial Souvenir Program   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
ill Holden's father, William Franklin Beedle (quite an athlete in his school days and a 1910 graduate of O'Fallon High School) is a retired chemist, and his mother, the former Mary Ball of Litchfield, is a former school teacher.
ill Holden is a direct descendant of the late Captain Joseph Ogle, pioneer St. Clair County settler, who came to the area in the early 1800s and acquired a large tract of land in the Ridge Prairie area.
Today Bill, his wife, and their three children live in a fine home in San Fernando Valley.
www.ofallonhistory.org /history/centennial/cenholden.shtml   (412 words)

  
 Archives: Story   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
Holden, a native of Elgin, Ill., arrived in Sweetwater by foot Wednesday evening as part of his 2,100-mile charity walk for juvenile diabetes.
Holden gets all kinds of support, not just monetary for the foundation, but encouragement from passerbys and people he meets along the way.
Holden still has a long way to go and lots more people to meet, but he knows the effort will be worth it.
www.sweetwaterreporter.com /articles/2005/02/26/news/news6.txt   (905 words)

  
 Bill Holden Baseball Stats by Baseball Almanac
Bill Holden was born on Saturday, September 7, 1889, in Birmingham, Alabama.
Holden was 24 years old when he broke into the big leagues on September 11, 1913, with the New York Yankees.
His biographical data, year-by-year hitting stats, fielding stats, pitching stats (where applicable), career totals, uniform numbers, salary data and miscellaneous items-of-interest are presented by Baseball Almanac on this comprehensive Bill Holden baseball stats page.
www.baseball-almanac.com /players/player.php?p=holdebi01   (299 words)

  
 Texas   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
The rest of the post-war (1866) country is experiencing famine and starvation, and it's a fur piece to the stockyards and railways of Abilene.
Our heroes, Ford and Holden, are a couple of personable saddle tramps who start out together, are separated early, inadvertently thrown back together a short time later.
Ford and Holden are very young and pretty raw, and it was interesting to see them in their first starring vehicle.
www.top-selling-dvds.com /B0007MANZI   (771 words)

  
 William Holden's Friend and the Fall of the Catholic Church   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
Holden, of course, was the late famous actor.
Holden would go on to make more than seventy films, be nominated for three Oscars, and win one for his portrayal of the gritty sergeant in Stalag 17.
So on several accounts, Clark, unlike his friend Bill Holden, was the real McCoy, a courageous blue blood who put his life on the line at least 30 times for his country.
www.newsmax.com /archives/articles/2002/4/22/221754.shtml   (911 words)

  
 hannibal.net - Holden vetoes prompt reaction 07/08/04
On Tuesday, Holden vetoed legislation that would have forced homeowners and builders to mediate disputes outside of court.
In his veto letter to lawmakers regarding the housing dispute bill, Holden's said the legislation would have made it too hard for home buyers to be compensated for defects, and that the bill "fails to adequately protect consumers" and gives an unfair advantage to contractors.
Shoemyer says the governor was forced to issue a veto after receiving notification from the EPA that if the bill were enacted federal funding would be withheld from the state.
www.hannibal.net /palm_pilot/stories/070804/tri_0708040034.shtml   (753 words)

  
 Tim Holden on Education   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
This vote is on a substitute bill (which means an amendment which replaces the entire text of the original bill).
Voting YES means support for the key differences from the original bill: lowering student loan interest rates; $59 million for a new Predominantly Black Serving Institution program; $25 million for a new graduate Hispanic Serving Institution program; provide for year- round Pell grants; and repeal the Single Lender rule.
No Child Left Behind Act of 2001: Vote to pass a bill that would authorize $22.8 billion in education funding, a 29 percent increase from fiscal 2001.
www.govote.com /PA/Tim_Holden_Education.htm   (852 words)

  
 KOTV.com - The News On 6
KOTV - 4/15/2005 9:57 AM - Updated: 4/15/2005 5:53 PM Bill Holden is headed to Wrigley Field in Chicago for a Cubs game on June 30th on foot.
Bill Holden is walking north on US highway 69.
Took two months to get across Texas." Rick Wells: "Big I guess." Bill Holden: "Very big.” This 2,100 mile walk is a fund raiser for diabetes research.
www.kotv.com /main/home/stories.asp?whichpage=1&id=81491   (405 words)

  
 Holden signs tax exemption bill
By signing the bill, Holden gives up nearly 30-million dollars in tax revenue during an already tight budget year.
Contents: Holden said he did not feel it was right to balance the budget on the backs of Missouri's working families.
One of the bill's sponsors says at a time of national crisis, it is important to get this bill into law.
www.mdn.org /2001/STORIES/TAXBILL.HTM   (342 words)

  
 The Cause Newsletter
His muscle has continued to appear on two more catalogs since then and is slated for a fourth this winter.
With hundreds of parts provided by Holden and confiscated from the Research and Development and Marketing Departments, the three artists set to work.
Holden confirmed that show attendees have posed the same question.
www.pitsco.com /the_cause/prev_year/04cause10prof.htm   (651 words)

  
 Lebanon Daily Record
Bill Holden, 56, is walking 2,100 miles from Camp Verde, Ariz., to Chicago, raising awareness and money for the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation in honor of his diabetic students and former Cubs third baseman Ron Santo.
Holden was a school teacher at an Indian reservation and got to knew several students with juvenile diabetes.
Holden's planned to stay at Lebanon's Econo Lodge Friday night and Saturday then head west on Route 66 to Hazlegreen or St. Robert on Sunday.
www.thisoldcub.com /press/lebanonmo_050105.htm   (628 words)

Try your search on: Qwika (all wikis)

Factbites
  About us   |   Why use us?   |   Reviews   |   Press   |   Contact us  
Copyright © 2005-2007 www.factbites.com Usage implies agreement with terms.