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Mario

[ mahr-ee-oh, mar-; Italian, Spanish mah-ryaw ]

noun

  1. a male given name: from the Roman family name Marius.


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At times, Mario Cuomo seemed to have the humility of a Jesuit and the goals of an emperor.

But the qualities Mario Cuomo brought to public life—compassion, integrity, commitment to principle—remain in short supply today.

Mario Cuomo knew where he came from, and he never spoke down to the American people.

Harris was sentenced to 15 years in prison in Bedford, N.Y., but was granted clemency in 1993 by Gov. Mario Cuomo.

In May, the head of Guerreros Unidos, Mario Casarrubias Salgado, aka the Beautiful Toad, was arrested.

Don Mario Tasca was a white-haired old man, with pink skin, and a white beard for a collar.

The two children, Giulietta and Mario, clung to a mast and gazed at the sea with staring eyes, as though senseless.

She afterwards married again, her second husband being her colleague Mario, Comte de Candia.

"Tell the electric light company to turn on the flashlight from Monte Mario," said the Baron.

The streets were still dark, but a searchlight from Monte Mario was sweeping over the city like a flash of a supernatural eye.

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