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	World War II vet recalls harrowing trip home
		Sikes, the crew chief and a passenger sat on the edge of the raft kicking up white water, hoping to discourage sharks.
		Sikes looked down at his numb feet, relieved to see they were still there with all 10 toes.
		Sikes, the roar of the ocean in his ears, for a split second thought of his wife and children and that he might never see them again.
	www.casperstartribune.net /articles/2004/12/25/news/community/1eacf4a3185e065287256f74002675f2.txt (1575 words)

	Schoolbytes: Oliver Twist
		Sikes is in the house with Toby Crackit and Barney.
		Sikes asks her where she is going, and Nancy won't tell him so Sikes locks the door and won't let her leave.
		Sikes grabs some rope to try and escape out a window into a ditch that is full of water when the tide is high.
	www.schoolbytes.com /summary.php?id=418 (7125 words)

	SparkNotes: Complete Text of Oliver Twist: Chapter 20
		Sikes pulled off Oliver's cap and threw it into a corner; and then, taking him by the shoulder, sat himself down by the table, and stood the boy in front of him.
		Sikes, founded upon the singular coincidence of 'jemmies' being a can name, common to them, and also to an ingenious implement much used in his profession.
		Sikes disposed of a couple of glasses of spirits and water, and threw himself on the bed; ordering Nancy, with many imprecations in case of failure, to call him at five precisely.
	pd.sparknotes.com /lit/oliver/section20.html (2257 words)

	Bill Sikes (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		Bleasdale on Sikes: "Everyone is frightened of Bill Sikes, even Fagin, and I wanted to hold onto that presence in the dramatization.
		He does have some redeeming features, for instance at the robbery in the countryside, Sikes could have left Oliver for dead, but he picks him up and runs with him as far as he can.
		Bill is more than just an aimless, mindless, violent thug and I wanted to give him colors.
	www.pbs.org /wgbh/masterpiece/olivertwist/whoswho/whoswho_sikes_char.html (160 words)

	Charles Dickens - Oliver Twist - 22 - The Burglary - MasterTexts(TM)
		Oliver looked at Sikes, in mute and timid wonder; and drawing a stool to the fire, sat with his aching head upon his hands, scarcely knowing where he was, or what was passing around him.
		Sikes and his companion enveloped their necks and chins in large dark shawls, and drew on their great-coats; Barney, opening a cupboard, brought forth several articles, which he hastily crammed into the pockets.
		Sikes had disappeared for an instant; but he was up again, and had him by the collar before the smoke had cleared away.
	www.mastertexts.com /index.php?PageName=ChapterDetails&TitleID=538&VolumeNo=0&ChapterNo=22 (2138 words)

	Mighty 8th Air Force Gallery :: 366th Bomb Squadron of the 305th Bomb Group (Heavy)
		In the inset is a 2003 photo of Bill Sikes and Eric Milliken, whose Eagle Scout project was to assist Sikes with a 305th BG "Black Thursday" display at the Casper, WY Veteran's Museum.
		Sikes received the Purple Heart when a Japanese 20mm shell exploded behind the instrument panel, resulting in very bloody and painful wounds to his upper body.
		Bill Sikes, left, (A/C 42-29952) and Verl Fisher (A/C 42-30650 and 42-3195) at the 2003 305th BG reunion.
	mighty8thaf.preller.us /gallery/366thBS (1687 words)

	Charles Dickens - Oliver Twist - 16 - Relates What Became Of Oliver Twist, After He Had Been Claimed By Nancy - ...
		Sikes then seized the terrified boy by the collar with very little ceremony; and all three were quickly inside the house.
		Sikes plucked the note from between the Jew's finger and thumb; and looking the old man coolly in the face, folded it up small, and tied it in his neckerchief.
		Sikes, thus mutely appealed to; and possibly feeling his personal pride and influence interested in the immediate reduction of Miss Nancy to reason; gave utterance to about a couple of score of curses and threats, the rapid production of which reflected great credit on the fertility of his invention.
	www.mastertexts.com /index.php?PageName=ChapterDetails&TitleID=538&VolumeNo=0&ChapterNo=16 (2955 words)

	Abrreviated View of Movie Page
		Then, the brutal Bill Sikes forces him to take part in a burglary, during which Oliver is shot.
		Despite his part in the robbery, Oliver is taken in by the burglary victims, who nurse him back to health until Bill finds him, and prepares to kill him for ruining his burglary.
		Bill's wife Nancy alerts the police, though, and they rescue Oliver.
	www.afi.com /members/catalog/AbbrView.aspx?s=1&Movie=16784 (138 words)

	Oliver Twist (22)
		The speaker appeared to throw a boot–jack, or some such article, at the person he addressed, to rouse him from his slumbers: for the noise of a wooden body, falling violently, was heard; and then an indistinct muttering, as of a man between sleep and awake.
		Oliver looked at Sikes, in mute and timid wonder; and drawing a stool to the fire, sat with his aching head upon his hands, scarecely knowing where he was, or what was passing around him.
		Sikes and his companion enveloped their necks and chins in large dark shawls, and drew on their great–coats; Barney, opening a cupboard, brought forth several articles, which he hastily crammed into the pockets.
	etext.library.adelaide.edu.au /d/dickens/charles/d54ot/chap22.html (2116 words)

	Oliver Twist (1922) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		Brownlow, he is captured and returned to Fagin, where he is forced to perform a burglary for Bill Sikes.
		Brownlow of a plot to capture Oliver, and for this crime, Bill beats her to death.
		Pursued by the police, Bill races to the rooftops and, losing his footing, slips off the roof and accidentally hangs himself with a rope he was carrying.
	members.aol.com /chaneyfan/129.htm (456 words)

	REELINSIDER.COM - OLIVER! (1968)
		Complicating matters is Fagin's associate, Bill Sikes (Oliver Reed), an adult ruffian and thief whom Fagin serves as a fence.
		Then there's Bill's girlfriend, Nancy (Shani Wallis), a barmaid who dotes on Fagin's boys, and a number of shady dealings in the criminal underworld that gradually expose how Oliver is an orphan of unknown family relations.
		While trying to escape Bill is shot dead and young Oliver is reunited with his family as Dodger and Fagin set out for parts unknown in pursuit of new marks and criminal dealings.
	www.reelinsider.com /oliver.html (1583 words)

	Direct Textbooks Price Comparison for ISBN 0486424537: Oliver Twist (Dover Thrift Editions) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		Bill Sikes then takes Oliver on a job that ends in Oliver getting shot.
		But Bill Sikes is starting to fear that Nancy will turn him over to the authorities.
		It is not long before Bill Sikes is persued by the mob, and perhaps Dickens was expressing a contempt for rage filled mobs even when they persue a killer.
	www.directtextbook.com /price.php?p=prices&q=0486424537&shippingtime=5 (1216 words)

	TOWN OF WEST POINT
		Sikes presented the collaborative sponsorship agreement that will generate funds to support the technology project in the Town of West Point.
		Sikes made a motion to approve the enclosed resolution requesting the Citizens Stamp Advisory Committee recommend that the Postmaster General recognize, on a commemorative stamp or post card, the King William Courthouse as the oldest courthouse in the United States in continuous use.
		Bill Beswick, West Point, stated he only saw two faces he recognized in the room tonight, and his comments were directed to West Point residents only.
	www.west-point.va.us /Town_Council/T.C..8.27.01.html (3228 words)

	eBay.co.uk: PEWTER CREATIVE CAULDRON DICKENS BILL SIKES & BULLSEYE (item 6289349368 end time 25-Jun-06 01:22:32 BST)
		Two lovely pewter figures of Charles Dickens' character Bill Sikes and Bullseye, his dog.
		Bill is suitably scary-looking, and Bullseye is very appealing.
		Bill Sikes is approx 2.75" tall, and is marked underneath "Creative Cauldron.
	cgi.ebay.co.uk /PEWTER-CREATIVE-CAULDRON-DICKENS-BILL-SIKES-BULLSEYE_W0QQitemZ6289349368QQcategoryZ1434QQcmdZViewItem (922 words)

	Culinary Arts ~ 1
		Sikes got out a few appropriate oaths and tried a little blasphemy.
		The Regent's Park house was a temporary home, one made necessary by Dickens having let his Devonshire Terrace house to Sir James Duke for the duration of the family's stay in France, and then having to return home early for the imminent birth of his wife Katherine's next child, Sidney.
		A Spanish Pudding was not among Fagin's offerings to Bill Sikes, but Kate Hogarth's recipe suggests it would have been a welcome addition.
	www.baronage.co.uk /culinary/cuisine1.htm (677 words)

	Notes on Oliver Twist (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		Bill Sikes*- he has a dog named Bullseye, he is a robber and Fagin fences his goods for him, Nancy's mate, when he learns that Nancy went to see Brownlow he murders her in a fit of rage, an angry crowd follows his dog to Jacob's Island where he accidentally hangs trying to get away
		There he is shot by one of the servants and taken in by a young woman (Rose) and her aunt.
		Bill Sikes accidentally hangs himself and Fagin is jailed and then hung.
	dickensfordummies.homestead.com /Oliver.html (3122 words)

	Buffalo Bills (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		Bill Sikes, AP Former Bills head coach Marv Levy, right.
		The Bills are last in punt and kickoff returns and have allowed their opposition to have the best drive starts in the league.
		The Bills are expected to be $11 million over the adjusted salary cap and will need to use creative accounting to pare it down while re-signing unrestricted free agents Eric Moulds and Marcellus Wiley.
	www.usatoday.com /sports/nfl/bills/wed3.htm (928 words)

	OLIVER! (1963)
		Fagin and Sikes are worried that Oliver might talk, Sikes threatens Nancy until she agrees to retrieve Oliver.
		Sikes takes Oliver to Fagin's just as Brownlow is describing him to the police, who identify him as Bill Sikes.
		Sikes appears on the roof with Oliver bound in a rope, threatening to kill the boy.
	users.bestweb.net /~foosie/oliver.htm (4944 words)

	TOWN OF WEST POINT
		Bill Beswick addressed Town Council as to the reasons why he should be appointed to fill the vacant Town Council position.
		Sikes reminded Town Council about the Arts Council that needs to be implemented in the near future.
		Sikes made a motion to amend Town Council’s prior decision and chose Trigon Produce 10 over Product 15 and no employee pays an increase in monthly premiums over last year’s prices.
	www.west-point.va.us /Town_Council/6-24-02Minutes.htm (3226 words)

	seMissourian.com: Story: Bill Sikes
		William Charles Sikes, 51, of Coolidge, Ga., formerly of Cape Girardeau, died Thursday, July 1, 2004.
		He was born July 17, 1952, at Bonne Terre, Mo., son of Gale and Dorothy Sikes of Farmington, Mo., and Anna Ruth Ellison Rothwell of Wichita, Kan.
		Survivors include his parents; his wife, Jackie Snyder Sikes; a daughter, Anna Sikes of Coolidge.; a son, Russ Skinner of Statesboro, Ga.; and a sister, Katherine Stegink of Wichita, Kan.
	www.semissourian.com /story/141038.html (130 words)

	Movie Info for Oliver Twist on MSN Movies
		Brownlow (Henry Stephenson); but, with the complicity of evil Bill Sikes (Robert Newton), Fagin abducts Oliver.
		Sikes' girl friend Nancy (Kay Walsh) restores Oliver to Brownlow, leading to tragic consequences before an ultimately happy ending.
		Oliver Twist was filmed in England in 1948, but its American release was held up for three years due to the allegedly anti-Semitic portrayal of the duplicitous Fagin.
	entertainment.msn.com /movies/movie.aspx?m=85121 (208 words)

	Essay: Explore and compare the characters, achievements and deaths of Lennie Small, from John Steinbeck's 'Of Mice and ...
		Essay: Explore and compare the characters, achievements and deaths of Lennie Small, from John Steinbeck's 'Of Mice and Men' and Bill Sikes from, Charles Dickens 'Oliver Twist'.
		Explore and compare the characters, achievements and deaths of Lennie Small, from John Steinbeck's 'Of Mice and Men' and Bill Sikes from, Charles Dickens 'Oliver Twist'.
		I have read both novels and enjoyed them immensely because of the wonderful characters, language and techniques used by the authors especially when describing the worlds they conjured within their novels.
	www.coursework.info /By_Subject/Literature/Explore_and_compare_the_characters_achievements_and_deaths_of_L43232.html (329 words)

	TOWN OF WEST POINT
		Sikes made a motion to authorize the Town Manager to advertise for a public hearing on Ordinance 12-03.
		Sikes made a motion that the West Point Town Council approves the execution of the Mutual Aid Agreement with King William County by resolution this 27
		Certified to be a true copy of a resolution adopted by the Town Council of the Town of West Point at its regular monthly meeting held October 27, 2003 at which meeting a quorum was present and voted throughout.
	www.west-point.va.us /Town_Council/10-27-03minutes.htm (3150 words)

	US Senator Orrin Hatch
		The bill merely confirms that civil liability can be imposed in cases where potential criminal conduct already exists.
		This bill does not purport to resolve or affect existing disagreements about when copies made and used within an individual’s home environment are permissible and when they are infringing.
		I also want to thank everyone who has worked with us to craft a bill that addresses this serious threat to children and copyrights without unduly burdening companies that engage in lawful commerce in the wide range of devices and programs that can copy digital files.
	hatch.senate.gov /index.cfm?FuseAction=PressReleases.Detail&PressRelease_id=1083 (4512 words)

	Amazon.com: Oliver Twist (Wood) / Movie: Video: Tony Bill,Richard Dreyfuss,Elijah Wood,David O'Hara,Alex Trench,Antoine ... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		David O'Hara as Bill Sikes, Alex Trench as Oliver Twist, Antoine Byrne as Nancy, Olivia Caffrey as Rose Maylie, Anthony Finigan as Mr.
		Bedwin, Eilish Moore as Cook, Lisa Dwan as Agnes, Conor Evans as Chief Constable, David O'Hara as Bill Sikes, Alex Trench as Oliver Twist, Antoine Byrne as Nancy, Olivia Caffrey as Rose Maylie, Anthony Finigan as Mr.
		Oliver, Jack Dawkins, Bill Sikes and Fagin are the four stages of the fall into depravity at society's hands.
	www.amazon.com /Oliver-Twist-Wood-Movie-Bill/dp/6304737505 (2203 words)

	Oliver Twist (16)
		At his, Master Bates roared again: so loud, that Fagin himself relaxed, and even the Dodger smiled; but as the Artful drew forth the five–pound note at that instant, it is doubtful whether the sally of the discovery awakened his merriment.
		Sikes had stared at one another in a disconcerted manner; ‘you,—you’re more clever than ever to–night.
		The Jew wiped his forehead: and smiled, as if it were a relief to have the disturbance over; but neither he, nor Sikes, nor the dog, nor the boys, seemed to consider it in any other light than a common occurance incidental to business.
	etext.library.adelaide.edu.au /d/dickens/charles/d54ot/chap16.html (2930 words)

	[No title] (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		Bill -- Bill Sikes mailto:bjra@surfsouth.com ================================================================================ Archive-Date: Sun, 09 Nov 1997 03:28:35 PST Sender: owner-viewing_stones@triumf.ca Date: Sun, 9 Nov 1997 12:29:59 +0100 Message-ID:
		This is a very narrow exposition of defining two words so that they take on meanings that are readily available to describe to one another just what we felt about an event or an object.
		A different sublimity than Bill's which I can under- stand, but not ever share in because it is his.
	www.bonsai-nbf.org /stonelinks/VIEWING_STONES_1997-11.txt (12273 words)

	SparkNotes: Oliver Twist: Character List
		Her love for Sikes and her sense of moral decency come into conflict when Sikes abuses Oliver.
		In effect, she gives her life for Oliver when Sikes murders her for revealing Monks’s plots.
		Sikes and Nancy are lovers, and he treats both her and his dog Bull’s-eye with an odd combination of cruelty and grudging familiarity.
	www.sparknotes.com /lit/oliver/characters.html (895 words)

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