In Brooklyn, in 1937, a 13-year-old boy named William Troeller hanged himself.

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According to Guardsman Lee Wheeler, the duchess told him that she did not know if she was expecting a boy or a girl, but said she would like a boy and William would like a girl.

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'Joyance', an 1899 statue of a boy by Sir William Goscombe John, was cut from the water fountain in Thompson's Park, Canton, Cardiff.

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The boy's father, William Richard, is a community leader in the Ashmont section of Dorchester, according to the Globe.

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To make their point they've put out a new poster picturing William Hague as a school boy with slogan on the lines of "He hasn't done his sums".

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Among the most popular was Richmal Crompton's William, a well-meaning boy who is nonetheless drawn to trouble.

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Prince William and Catherine's child will be next in line to the throne after William regardless of whether it is a boy or a girl, the British Cabinet Office said Monday.

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William and Catherine's child will be next in line to the British throne after William, regardless of whether it is a boy or a girl.

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"Boy Leading a Horse" went to MoMA after the death of William S. Paley in 1990, and the Fifth Avenue apartment is now the Manhattan home of French financier Michel David-Weill.

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Bookmakers have already opened odds on the baby's name, with William and Harry at joint 20-1 favourites for a boy with the same odds for Zara or Grace for a girl.

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Mr Blair scorned Tory leader William Hague, saying he had his opinions delivered "by the paper boy".

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