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Sá de Miranda, Francisco de
(Encyclopedia) Sá de Miranda, Francisco deSá de Miranda, Francisco defränsēshˈkō də sä də mēränˈdä [key], 1481–1558, Portuguese writer. A noble and a courtier, he lived for a time in Italy and became…Who was Miranda?
The Question: Who was Miranda, and where did her rights come from? The Answer: Miranda's full name was Ernesto Miranda. He was arrested in 1963…Brewer's: Miranda
Daughter of Prospero. (Shakespeare: Tempest.) Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894Mirror of Human SalvationMiramont A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O…Carmen Miranda
Carmen MirandaactressBorn: 2/9/1909Birthplace: Marco de Canavezes, Portugal Film and stage actress who started her career as a club singer in Brazil and got her break when a Broadway…Miranda
(Encyclopedia) Miranda, in astronomy, one of the moons, or natural satellites, of Uranus.Carranza de Miranda, Bartolomé de
(Encyclopedia) Carranza de Miranda, Bartolomé deCarranza de Miranda, Bartolomé debärtōlōmāˈ dā käränˈthä dā mēränˈdä [key], 1503–76, Spanish churchman. He joined the Dominicans (1520) and taught at…Bernardes, Diogo
(Encyclopedia) Bernardes, DiogoBernardes, Diogodyōˈgō bərnärˈdĭsh [key], c.1530–c.1600, Portuguese poet. A follower of Sá de Miranda, he wrote melodious pastoral verse, and was one of the chief poets…Carmen Miranda Biography
Carmen MirandaactressBorn: 2/9/1909Birthplace: Marco de Canavezes, Portugal Film and stage actress who started her career as a club singer in Brazil and got her break when a Broadway…Miranda Richardson Biography
Miranda RichardsonactressBorn: 3/3/1958Birthplace: Southport, England After beginning her acting career in British theater and TV, Richardson made a striking movie debut in Dance with a Stranger (…Miranda v. Arizona (1966)
Historical BackgroundWith its decisions in the cases of Mapp v. Ohio, 1961, Gideon v. Wainwright, 1963, and Escobedo v. Illinois, 1964, the Warren Court handed down the bases of what it…