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Menocal, Mario García

(Encyclopedia) Menocal, Mario GarcíaMenocal, Mario Garcíamäˈryō gärsēˈä mānokälˈ [key], 1866–1941, president of Cuba (1913–21). A leader in the fight for liberation from Spain, he later became a…

Lemieux, Mario

(Encyclopedia) Lemieux, MarioLemieux, Marioləmyöˈ [key], 1965–, Canadian ice hockey player, b. Montreal. A star for the Pittsburgh Penguins, he was the team's first pick in the 1984 National Hockey…

Batlle Ibáñez, Jorge Luis

(Encyclopedia) Batlle Ibáñez, Jorge Luis, 1927–2016, Uruguayan political leader, lawyer, and journalist, president of Uruguay (2000–2005). He was a member of the Colorado party, founded by his great…

Delibes, Miguel

(Encyclopedia) Delibes, MiguelDelibes, Miguelmēgĕlˈ dālēˈbās [key], 1920–2010, Spanish novelist, short-story writer, and journalist, b. Valladolid. Prolific and widely translated, he is known for his…

Mario Puzo 1999 Deaths

Mario PuzoAge: 78 author who penned The Godfather, a bestseller that would later be made into one of the most popular movies of all-time. He also wrote the follow-up novels in the Godfather…

Scipione

(Encyclopedia) Scipione (Gino Bonichi)Scipioneshēpyôˈnā; jēˈnō bōnēˈkē [key], 1904–33, Italian painter. Together with Mario Mafai, Scipione was a cofounder of the Roman school, an expressionist…

Grisi, Giulia

(Encyclopedia) Grisi, GiuliaGrisi, Giuliaj&oomacr;ˈlyä grēˈzē [key], 1811–69, Italian operatic soprano. She toured the United States in 1854 with Giuseppe Mario, whom she married in 1856. Roles…

Mario BIAGGI, Congress, NY (1917)

BIAGGI Mario , a Representative from New York; born in New York City October 26, 1917; graduated from P.S. 171 and Harren High School, New York City; LL.B., New York Law School, 1963; admitted to…

Monti, Mario

(Encyclopedia) Monti, Mario, 1943–, Italian economist and political leader. After studying at Bocconi Univ., Milan, and at Yale, he taught economics at the Univ. of Turin (1970–85) and then at…