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American outlaw whose Oklahoma cabin became a hideout for fugitives from justice. Tales of her criminal exploits are largely unsubstantiated. American football player and coach. As quarterback for the Green Bay Packers (1956-1971), he led his team to five National Football League titles and victories in the first two Super Bowls. British musician who was the colorful drummer of the Beatles (1962-1970). Jameson Sir Leander Starr Jordan David Starr Starr Belle
rock star and drummer for the Beatles (born in 1940)

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Starr Report
a very long report written in 1998 by Kenneth Starr, the lawyer responsible for finding out about the relationship between President Bill Clinton and Monica Lewinsky and whether the President had lied in order to hide the relationship. The report was made available on the Internet for anyone to read
Belle Starr
orig. Myra Belle Shirley born Feb. 5, 1848, Washington county, Mo., U.S. died Feb. 3, 1889, near Briartown, Okla. U.S. outlaw. She grew up in Missouri and later moved to a farm at Scyene, near Dallas, Texas. She bore a child by the outlaw Cole Younger (1844-1916) and another by Jim Reed, with whom she rustled cattle and horses in Texas in 1869. She fashioned herself the "bandit queen," dressing in velvet and feathers or buckskin and moccasins. In 1880 she became the common-law wife of Sam Starr, and their Oklahoma ranch became an outlaws' hideout. Sam was killed in a gunfight in 1886, and Belle herself was later shot down near her ranch
David Starr Jordan
born Jan. 19, 1851, near Gainesville, N.Y., U.S. died Sept. 19, 1931, Stanford, Calif. U.S. educator and ichthyologist. He studied at Cornell University and taught at universities in Indiana until 1885, when he became president of Indiana University. In 1891 he became the first president of Stanford University, and served until 1913. His extensive field trips led to his naming 1,085 genera and more than 2,500 species of fishes. He was coauthor (with B.W. Evermann) of The Fishes of North and Middle America (1896-1900) and author of Manual of the Vertebrates of the Northern United States (13 editions, 1876-1929). He devoted his later career mainly to the cause of international peace, acting as chief director of the World Peace Foundation
Kenneth Starr
Special Investigator appointed by the U.S. Attorney General to investigate President Bill and Hillary Clinton on alleged crimes (also investigated the Monica Lewinsky case)
Ringo Starr
a British musician who played the drums in the pop band The Beatles (1940- )
Sir Leander Starr Jameson
born Feb. 9, 1853, Edinburgh, Scot. died Nov. 26, 1917, London, Eng. British administrator in southern Africa. As Cecil Rhodes's representative, Jameson successfully negotiated mineral concessions in Matabeleland and Mashonaland (present-day Zimbabwe) before becoming the first administrator of the new colony of Rhodesia in 1893. In 1895 Rhodes and Jameson plotted with Uitlander (British) leaders in the Transvaal to overthrow the Boer government of Paul Kruger; the original plan was postponed, but Jameson carried out his own invasion and was quickly captured with all his men. After imprisonment in England, he returned to participate in South African politics
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