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MacManus

American  
[muhk-man-uhs] / məkˈmæn əs /

noun

  1. Seumas 1869–1960, Irish poet and short-story writer.


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In her spare time, MacManus liked to travel with family and raise funds for Sacred Heart High School in Lincoln Heights, the all-girls academy she attended.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 8, 2025

MacManus initially embraced her mother’s admonition that education was the way to get ahead and didn’t make a career out of Cielito Lindo.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 8, 2025

At Occidental, where she worked for 34 years before retiring in 2011, Spanish professor Salvador Perez described MacManus as the “anchor” of their department.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 8, 2025

Though a proud torchbearer for what her mother and grandmother had created, MacManus didn’t allow tradition to weigh down Cielito Lindo, as did too many of its Cal-Mex contemporaries.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 8, 2025

Before they had eaten much the Lakerimmers grew as uncomfortable over the torment they were inflicting on poor MacManus as the poor MacManus was himself.

From The Dozen from Lakerim by Rupert Hughes

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