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(Encyclopedia) trout: see salmon.

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(Encyclopedia) sea trout: see croaker.

Fink, Mike

(Encyclopedia) Fink, Mike, 1770?–1823?, American border hero, whose exploits have been so elaborated in legend that the actual facts of his life are difficult to discover. He was born probably at the…

Huckabee, Mike

(Encyclopedia) Huckabee, Mike (Michael Dale Huckabee), 1955–, American politican and Baptist minister, b. Hope, Ark. He attended Ouachita Baptist Univ. (B.A., 1975) and Southwestern Baptist…

Nichols, Mike

(Encyclopedia) Nichols, Mike, 1931–2014, American actor and director, b. Berlin, Germany, as Mikhail Igor Peschkowsky. His family immigrated to the…

Kelley, Mike

(Encyclopedia) Kelley, Mike (Michael Kelley), 1954–2012, American artist, b. Wayne, Mich., studied Univ. of Michigan, Ann Arbor (B.F.A., 1976), California Institute of the Arts (M.F.A., 1978). At…

Krzyzewski, Mike

(Encyclopedia) Krzyzewski, Mike (Michael William Krzyzewski)Krzyzewski, Mikeshəshĕvˈskē [key], 1947–, American basketball coach, b. Chicago. He attended West Point (grad. 1969), where he played…

Tyson, Mike

(Encyclopedia) Tyson, Mike (Michael Gerald Tyson), 1966–, American boxer, b. Brooklyn, N.Y. At the age of 12, Tyson was sent to reform school, where he began to box. In a whirlwind career begun in…

Seeger, Mike

(Encyclopedia) Seeger, Mike: see under Seeger, Pete.

Pompeo, Mike

(Encyclopedia) Pompeo, Mike (Michael Richard Pompeo), 1963–, U.S. politician and government official, b. Orange, Calif., grad. U.S. Military Academy, 1986, Harvard Law School, 1994. He served in the…