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Mantra of Light The Mantra of Light (Japanese: 光明真言), or kōmyō shingon, is an important mantra of the Shingon sect of Buddhism, but is not found in other Vajrayana sects of Buddhism. It is taken from the Mahavairocana Sutra and is chanted as follows:
Mantrap Man-traps are mechanical devices for catching poachers and trespassers. The devices have taken many forms, the most usual being like a large bear trap, the steel springs being armed with teeth which met in the victim's leg.
Mantri Mantri is a word of Sanskrit origin, used in Asian cultures with a Hindu tradition (even those that later adopted Buddhism or Islam). It is used for a variety of public offices, from fairly humble to ministerial in rank.
Mantua (clothing) A Mantua (from the French Manteuil ) is an article of women's clothing worn in the late seventeenth century and early eighteenth century. Originally a loose gown, the later mantua was an overgown or robe typically worn over an underdress or stomacher and petticoat.
Mantzavinata Mantzavinata (Greek: Μαντζαβινάτα) is a small town in the southwest of Kefalonia, Greece, where the famous Mantzavino Vine is sold. Mantzavinata is 4 km southwest of Lixouri and is linked with a major road that also links with the rest of the island.
Manu (Hinduism) In Hindu mythology, Manu is a title accorded the progenitor of humankind, first king to rule this earth, who saves mankind from the universal flood. He is honest which is why he is called "Satyavrata", or faster on to the truth.
Manu Dibango Manu Dibango (Emmanuel N'Djoké Dibango, born December 12 1933 in Douala, Cameroon) is a Cameroonian saxophonist and vibraphone player. He developed a musical style fusing jazz and traditional Cameroonian music.
Manu Katché Manu Katché is a French musician, born in Saint-Maur-des-Fossés on October 27 1957. Though he is also a well-experienced and talented songwriter, he is most notably and widely regarded for his passionate, stylish and ultimately unique skill of playing drums.
Manu militari Manu militari ("with a military hand") is a Latin phrase meaning "using the force of arms". It has been used by several authors, notably by Julius Caesar in Commentarii de Bello Gallico and also in common language, sometimes in the form "ipso facto et manu militari" meaning "immediately and with all necessary means".
Manu Needhi Cholan Manu Needhi Cholan or Manuneedhi Cholan was a legendary Chola king believed to have killed his own son to provide justice to a cow. Legend has it that the king hung a giant bell in front of his courtroom for anyone needing justice to ring.
Manu River, Tripura The Manu takes its rise under the Kahoisib peak of the Sakkanlang range located in the Hill Tripura (India) and for some distance passes through various narrow gorges with escarpments of naked rock rising often 30m and more, and cutting into deep and clear pools. As it descends into the more level plain, it becomes a broad sluggish stream with a meander course.
Manu Smriti The Manusmriti (Sanskrit मनुस्मृति), translated smriti of Manu is regarded as an important work of Hindu law and ancient Indian society. It is one of the eighteen Smritis of the Dharmasastra; and is a part of the Smriti literature.
Manua Manua or the Manua Islands Group (Samoan: Manua tele) consists of three main islands: Tau, Ofu and Olosega. These idylic tropical islands are located some 110 km (70 mi) east of Tutuila and are a part of American Samoa.
Manuae (Cook Islands) Manuae is an uninhabited atoll in the southern group of the Cook Islands 100 kilometres south-east of Aitutaki. It comprises two horseshoe-shaped islets, Manuae to the west and Te Au O Tu to the east, with a total area of 6 square kilometres on either side of a lagoon about 7 km x 4 km.
Manual (music) A manual is a keyboard designed to be played with the hands on a pipe organ, harpsichord, clavichord, electronic organ, or synthesizer. The term "manual" is used with regard to any hand keyboard on these instruments to distinguish it from the pedalboard, which is a keyboard that the organist plays with his or her feet.
Manual communication Manual communication systems use articulation of the hands (hand signs), gestures, body language and facial expressions to mediate a message between persons. Being expressed manually, they are received visually, and sometimes tactually (see tactile signing).
Manual focus In the field of photography, a manual focus camera is one in which the operator has to adjust the focus of the lens by hand. Before the advent of autofocus, all cameras had manually adjusted focussing; thus, the term is a retronym.
Manual for Courts-Martial The Manual for Courts-Martial (MCM) is the official guide to the conduct of Courts-Martial in the United States. An executive order of the President of the United States, the MCM details and expands on the Military law in the Uniform Code of Military Justice.
Manual labour Manual labour (or manual labor) is physical work done with the hands, especially in an unskilled job such as fruit and vegetable picking, road building, or any other field where the work may be considered physically arduous, and which has as a profitable objective, usually the production of goods.
Manual lymphatic drainage Manual lymphatic drainage (MLD) is a type of gentle massage which encourages the natural circulation of the lymph through the body. The lymph system depends on peristalsis and the movement of skeletal muscles to squeeze fluid through lymph ducts and vessels.
Manual memory management Manual memory management, in computer science, refers to the usage of manual instructions by the programmer in order to identify and deallocate unused objects, or garbage. Up until the mid 1990s, the majority of programming languages used in industry supported manual memory management.
Manual of arms A manual of arms was an instruction book for handling and using weapons in formation, whether in the field or on parade. Such manuals were especially important in the matchlock and flintlock eras, when loading and firing was a complex and lengthy process typically carried out in close order.
Manual of Errors Manual Of Errors was Snakefinger's third full-length album, released by Ralph Records in 1982. The record is the first to feature his back-up band The Vestal Virgins, and it is co-produced with Eric Drew Feldman.
Manual of Patent Examining Procedure The Manual for Patent Examining Procedure (MPEP) is a manual for patent agents and patent examiners published by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO). It describes all of the laws and regulations that must be followed in the examination of U.
Manual of the Planes The Manual of the Planes is a manual for the Dungeons and Dragons role-playing game. This text addresses the planar cosmology of the game universe, including its various planes such as "Baator", the "Abyss", "The Happy Hunting Grounds", "The Concordant Opposition" and the "Prime Material Plane.
Manual on Uniform Traffic Control Devices The Manual on Uniform Traffic Control Devices (MUTCD) is a document issued by the Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) of the United States Department of Transportation (USDOT) to specify the standards by which traffic signs, road markings (see lane), and signals are designed, installed, and used. These specifications include the shapes, colors, and fonts used in road markings and signs.
Manual therapy Manual Therapy encompasses the diagnosis and treatment of the ailments of various etiologies through hands-on intervention. Manual Therapy is practiced by people within various health care professions, including Physiotherapists/Physical Therapists, Massage Therapists, Occupational Therapists, Chiropractors, Osteopaths, Physiatrists and more.
Manual transmission A manual transmission (also known as a stick shift, straight drive, or standard transmission) is a type of transmission used in automotive applications. Manual transmissions often feature a driver-operated clutch and a movable gear selector, although some do not.
Manual vacuum aspiration Manual vacuum aspiration (or MVA) is a form of suction-aspiration abortion in which an embryo is extracted from the uterus via the cervix through a cannula attached to a single-valve syringe which is operated by hand, instead of by an electric vacuum. It is also known as mini-abortion, mini-suction, and pre-emptive abortion.
Manualism (hand music) Manualism is the little-known art of playing music by squeezing air through the hands. Because the sound produced has a distinctly [tone, such music is usually presented as a form of musical comedy or parody].
Manualism and oralism Manualism and oralism are different approaches to deaf education. Manualism refers to the use of a manually coded language or a deaf sign language as the primary means of instruction, while oralism focusses on spoken language skills, which are acquired through speech therapy and lip reading.
Manually Coded English Manually Coded English (MCE) is a general term used to describe a variety of visual communication methods expressed through the hands which attempt to represent the English language. Unlike Deaf Sign Languages which have evolved naturally in Deaf communities, the different forms of MCE were artificially created, and generally follow the grammar of English.
Manually Coded Language Manually Coded Languages (MCLs) are representations of spoken languages in a gestural-visual form; that is, "sign language" versions of spoken languages. Unlike the sign languages that have evolved naturally in Deaf communities, which have distinct spatial grammars, Manually Coded Languages are the invention of hearing people, and follow the grammar of the spoken language — or, more precisely, of the written form of the spoken language.
Manubrium The manubrium (from Latin manubrÄ­um, "a handle") or manubrium sterni is the broad, upper part of the sternum. With a quadrangular shape, wider superiorly and narrower inferiorly, it articulates with the clavicles and the first two ribs.
Manuc's Inn Manuc's Inn (Romanian: Hanul lui Manuc) is the oldest operating hotel building in Bucharest, Romania; it also houses a restaurant, several bars, a cake shop, and (facing the street) several stores; its massive, multiply balconied courtyard hosts many performances and fairs and is a popular place for Romanian television crews to shoot folkloric performances.
Manuel "Omar" Camar Manuel Camar began his Aikido training in 1964 when he met Benjamin Galarpe, the Father of Aikido in the Philippines. He inherited the first and oldest Aikido school in the country, the Manila Aikido Club, and became its longest running chief instructor after Galarpe decided to leave permanently for Guam in 1972.
Manuel Abramowicz Manuel Abramowicz is a Belgian reporter, specialist of the far right. Since 1997 he is editor-in-chief of the ResistanceS on-line review, and also presides since 2002 the non-profit organization (absl) RésistanceS - Centre d'études et de formation pour l’action démocratique.
Manuel Alejandro Manuel Alejandro is the son of one of Spain's most renowned contemporary symphonists, Germán Álvarez-Beigbeder. It was his father, an accomplished musician, professor, and composer, who inspired Manuel Alejandro to pursue music and become a composer.
Manuel Amoros Manuel Amoros (born February 1, 1962 in Nîmes) is a retired football defender from France. He was capped 82 times (one goal) for the France national football team, and played in the Euro Cup finals of 1984 and 1992, and the World Cup finals in 1982 and 1986.
Manuel Andrack Manuel Andrack (born June 23, 1965) was the editor in chief of the German late night show Harald Schmidt Show (The show ended 23 December 2003). He was regularly included into the show as sidekick of Harald Schmidt.
Manuel Antônio de Almeida Manuel Antônio de Almeida (nicknames: A, Um brasileiro) is a journalist and Brazilian writer. He was born in Rio de Janeiro city, state of Rio de Janeiro, on November 17, 1831, and he died in Macaré near Rio de Janeiro city on November 28, 1861.
Manuel Antonio Flores Manuel Antonio Flores (in full, Manuel Antonio Flores Maldonado) (ca. 1722, Seville, Spain—March 20, 1799, Madrid) was a general in the Spanish navy and viceroy of New Granada (1776 - November 26, 1781) and New Spain (August 17, 1787 to October 16, 1789).
Manuel Antonio National Park Manuel Antonio National Park, in Spanish the Parque Nacional Manuel Antonio, is a small National Park in the Central Pacific Conservation Area located on the Pacific coast of Costa Rica, just south of the city of Quepos, Puntarenas, and 132 km from the national capital of San José. Established in 1972 with an area enumerating 4,014 acres (16.
Manuel Baquedano Manuel Jesús Baquedano González (January 1, 1823 - November 30, 1897) was a Chilean army officer and national hero, who served as commander-in-chief of the expeditionary army that defeated the combined Peru-Bolivian armies and captured Lima during the War of the Pacific.
Manuel Barbeyto A Filipino Child Star of early 30's before the war struck in the City of Manila, Barbeyto made his first appearance in one Silent Movie via Mary, I Love You circa 1926. He was born on March 20, 1902 in Tondo, Manila, where he was raised by his parents, Inocencio Barbeyto and Catalina Costosa.
Manuel Bartlett Manuel Bartlett DĂ­az (Puebla de Zaragoza, Puebla, 1936-) was Secretary of Interior during the six years of Miguel de la Madrid, from December 1, 1982 to November 30, 1988. Probably it will be remembered by the famous "caĂ­da del sistema" in 1988 when, in his quality of Secretary of Interior, he presided over the Federal Electoral Commission.
Manuel Belgrano Manuel José Joaquín del Corazón de Jesús Belgrano, usually referred to as Manuel Belgrano (June 3, 1770 – June 20, 1820) was an Argentine economist, lawyer, politician, and military leader, born in Buenos Aires.
Manuel Bento Manuel Galrinho Bento (born in GolegĂŁ, 25 June 1948), commonly known just by Bento (pron. ), was a Portuguese goalkeeper that played for Benfica for 19 years from 1972-73 until his retirement in 1991-92 at the age of 44.
Manuel Blum Manuel Blum (born 26 April 1938 in Caracas, Venezuela) is a computer scientist who received the Turing Award in 1995 "In recognition of his contributions to the foundations of computational complexity theory and its application to cryptography and program checking".
Manuel Caballero Manuel Antonio Caballero AgĂĽero (b. December 5 1931, Caracas) is a notable Venezuelan historian, journalist, best-selling author and retired professor of contemporary Venezuelan history at the Central University of Venezuela.
Manuel Cajuda Manuel Ventura Cajuda dos Santos (born OlhĂŁo, 27 June 1951) is a Portuguese football manager who has played for SC Farense and Olhanense, where he has enjoyed little success, but has managed several teams in the Portuguese Football Championship since the late 1980s, including SC Farense, Belenenses, Sporting Braga, UniĂŁo Leiria and MarĂ­timo. His biggest achievements include two 4th places and one cup final for SC Braga, one cup final for UD Leiria and a 6th place with CS MarĂ­timo.
Manuel Camytzes Manuel Camytzes (in Greek, Manuel Kamytzes) was a Byzantine warrior in the late 12th century AD. He was the son of Constantine Camytzes and of Maria Angelina, who, through her mother Theodora, was the granddaughter of the Byzantine emperor Alexius I Comnenus.
Manuel Cardoso Manuel Cardoso (baptized December 11, 1566 – November 24, 1650) was a Portuguese composer and organist. Along with Duarte Lobo and John IV of Portugal, he represented the "golden age" of Portuguese polyphony.
Manuel Carrascalão Manuel Viegas Carrascalão (born December 16 1933) was an Indonesian parliamentarian and prominent East Timorese independence leader. His home was the site of the Manuel Carrascalão House Massacre, which included the killing of twelve people – including Carrascalão's teenage son – by the Aitarak militia on April 17 1999.
Manuel CarrascalĂŁo House Massacre The Manuel CarrascalĂŁo House Massacre occurred April 17, 1999 in Dili, East Timor, at the house of prominent East Timor independence leader Manuel CarrascalĂŁo. The massacre consisted of the murder of 12 people.
Manuel Carvalho da Silva Manuel Carvalho da Silva is the current (as of 2005) coordinator of the biggest Portuguese Labour union federation, the General Confederation of the Portuguese Workers. Carvalho da Silva has a degree in sociology, and several published works and books on syndicalism and economy.
Manuel Casal Manuel Casal y Aguado (April 20, 1751 – April 6, 1837), better known by his anagrammatic pseudonym Lucas Alemán y Aguado, was a Spanish polymath. A doctor of great prestige and Dean of the Academia Médico-Quirúrgica Matritense, he was also a distinguished journalist, poet and playwright.
Manuel Clouthier Manuel de Jesús Clouthier del Rincón, also known as Maquío (June 13, 1934 – October 1, 1989) was a Mexican businessman and politician affiliated to the conservative National Action Party (PAN). His staunch opposition to the ruling Institutional Revolutionary Party and his sudden death in a car accident a year after the 1988 presidential elections (where he was the PAN nominee) transformed him into a somewhat iconic figure for the Mexican conservatives.
Manuel Conde Manuel Conde (born Manuel Urbano on August 11, 1915 in the Philippines) is a Filipino actor, director and producer. He made his first film, Mahiwagang Biyolin, in 1935 then later signed a contract for LVN Pictures, where he made almost three dozen films, both as an actor and director.
Manuel Contreras General Juan Manuel Guillermo Contreras SepĂşlveda (born May 4, 1929) was the head of Augusto Pinochet's National Intelligence Directorate (DINA) and one of the most powerful and feared men in Chile after a military coup headed by Pinochet and other Chilean militaries overthrew Socialist President Salvador Allende on September 11, 1973. Documents released by the CIA in 2000 revealed that Contreras was a CIA paid asset from 1975 to 1977
Manuel Curros EnrĂ­quez Manuel Curros EnrĂ­quez (September 15, 1851 - February 7, 1908) was a Galician writer and journalist in Galician language, being currently considered one of the leading figures of Galician culture and identity.
Manuel da Costa (footballer) Manuel da Costa born in Saint-Max, France on 6 May 1986 is a Portuguese player for PSV Eindhoven. Manuel da Costa is from France but his parents were both from Portugal allowing him to play for the Portugal national football team.
Manuel da Nóbrega Manuel da Nóbrega (archaic orthography Manoel da Nóbrega) was a Portuguese Jesuit priest and first Provincial of the Society of Jesus in colonial Brazil. Together with José de Anchieta, he was very influential in the early History of Brazil, and participated in the founding of several cities, such as Recife, Salvador, Rio de Janeiro and São Paulo, and many Jesuit Colleges and seminars.
Manuel de Almeida Manuel de Almeida (1560—1646) was a native of Viseu, who entered at an early age into the Society of Jesus, and went out as a missionary to India. He is noted to have travelled to Ethiopia and Eritrea and Lake Tana and built a number of churches and monasteries particularly on the small islands of the lake.
Manuel de Amat y Juniet Manuel de Amat y Juniet or Manuel de Amat y Junient or Manuel de Amat y Junyet (1704, Vacarisses, Spain,—1782, Barcelona) was a Spanish military officer and colonial administrator. He was governor of Chile from December 1755 to September 1761, and viceroy of Peru from October 12, 1761 to 1776.
Manuel de Araújo Porto-alegre Manuel José de Araújo Porto-alegre (Rio Pardo, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil; November 2, 1806 – Lisboa, Portugal; December 29, 1879), baron of Santo Ângelo, was a Brazilian poet and playwright, forerunner of Brazilian romanticism, as well as a painter, architect, urban planner, journalist, cartoonist, art critic and historian, faculty professor, and diplomat. He is patron of the Chair Number 32 of the Brazilian Academy of Letters (Academia Brasileira de Letras).
Manuel de Bernardo Álvarez del Casal Manuel de Bernardo Álvarez del Casal (May 21, 1743, Bogotá—September 10, 1816, Bogotá) was an influential Criollo figure in New Granada at the time of the independence movement. He occupied several important positions in the rebel government.
Manuel de Godoy Manuel de Godoy y Álvarez de Faria (May 12, 1767 – October 7, 1851), was Prime Minister of Spain from 1792 to 1797 and from 1801 to 1808. He received many titles including Prince of the Peace (Príncipe de la Paz) by which he is widely known.
Manuel de Guirior Manuel de Guirior (in full, Manuel de Guirior y Portal de Huarte y Edozain, marqués de Guirior) (1708—November 25, 1788was a Spanish naval officer and colonial administrator. He was viceroy of New Granada] from [[1772 to 1776 and of Peru from July 17, 1776 to July 21, 1780.
Manuel de la Peña y Peña José Manuel de la Peña y Peña (March 10, 1789, Tacuba, Distrito Federal, Mexico—January 2, 1850, Mexico City) was a Mexican politician and jurist, interim president of Mexico from September 26, 1847 to November 13, 1847 and president from January 8, 1848 to June 3, 1848.
Manuel de Landa Manuel DeLanda, (born 1952 in Mexico City), is a writer, artist and distinguished philosopher who has lived in New York since 1975. He is an Adjunct Associate Professor at Graduate School of Architecture, Planning and Preservation at Columbia University (New York), a Professor for Contemporary Philosophy and Science at the European Graduate School in Saas-Fee, Switzerland, and professor at the Canisius College in Buffalo, New York.
Manuel de Mederos Captain Manuel de Mederos (1539 - c.1613), was a Portuguese explorer and settler who was active in the European conquest of Mexico, as one of the fouders of the city of Saltillo Coahuila and mayor of Monterrey, among other titles.
Manuel de Oms y de Santa Pau Manuel de Oms y de Santa Pau, primer marqués de Castelldosrius (sometimes marqués de Castell dos Rius) (* 1651, Barcelona, † 24 April 1710, Lima), was a Spanish diplomat, man of letters, and colonial official. From July 7, 1707 to April 22, 1710, he was viceroy of Peru.
Manuel De Peppe Manuel De Peppe is an Italian actor, musician, composer, and producer. He spent the majority of his career as an actor and singer, but in 2000 moved to the United States primarily to act as a composer and producer of music.
Manuel Dominguez Manual Dominguez, (1804 - (1882), born in Alta California, New Spain at the Mission San Juan Capistrano, was the eldest son of Cristobal Dominguez, who was the nephew of Juan Jose Dominguez, a retired Spanish soldier who came to San Diego, California with the Gaspar de PortolĂ  expedition and later to San Juan Capistrano and San Gabriel with Father Juniperro Serra. In 1784, Juan Jose was granted 75,000 acres of land from the Spanish King Carlos III which was named Rancho San Pedro, and included what today is the entire Los Angeles harbor, the Palos Verdes peninsula, San Pedro, Redondo Beach, Hermosa Beach, Manhattan Beach, Torrance, Lomita, Harbor City, Wilmington, Carson , and Compton.
Manuel Earnshaw Manuel Earnshaw was a Resident Commissioner from the Philippine Islands; born in Cavite, Philippine Islands, November 19, 1862; attended the Ateneo de Manila and the Nauti School, Manila, Philippine Islands; became engaged in engineering and in the drydocking business in 1884; founder, president, and general manager of the Earnshaw Slipways & Engineering Co.; elected as an Independent candidate a Resident Commissioner to the United States and served from March 4, 1913, to March 3, 1917; was not a candidate for renomination in 1916; discontinued his former business pursuits in 1921 and lived in retirement with residence in Cavite; died in Manila, Philippine Islands, February 13, 1936; interment in Cementerio del Norte.
Manuel Elkin Patarroyo Manuel Elkin Patarroyo (born November 3, 1947) is a Colombian pathologist who developed the world's first safe and effective synthetic vaccine for malaria, a disease transmitted by mosquitos that affects millions of people in the Third World every year. The vaccine was evaluated in clinical trials carried out by the WHO in Gambia, Tanzania and Thailand, and had mixed results- Susan Aldridge, Magic Molecules: How Drugs Work (Cambridge University Press, 1998), p.
Manuel Felipe Tovar Manuel Felipe Tovar was born in Caracas, January 1, 1803, was the first President of Venezuela chosen by popular voting, his first presidency lasted a month, when as President of the Council of State, replaced the absence of Julián Castro, from August 18 to September 17, 1858. Tovar was a direct descending of the Bishop Fray Mauro de Tovar, who arrived to Venezuela with his nephews in 1640.
Manuel Fernández Juncos Manuel Fernández Juncos (December 11,1846 - August 18, 1928) was a distinguished Puerto Rican journalist, poet, author and humanitarian who wrote the official lyrics to La Borinqueña, the country's national anthem.
Manuel Fraga Iribarne Manuel Fraga Iribarne (born November 23, 1922 at Vilalba, Galicia) is a Spanish politician. Fraga's career as one of the key political figures in Spain straddles both General Franco's dictatorial regime and the subsequent democracy.
Manuel García Pelayo Manuel García Pelayo (born Corrales del Vino-Zamora, Spain on May 23, 1909 – died Caracas, Venezuela on February 25, 1991), prominent Political Scientist and Jurist. Founder of the modern Department of Political Science of the Central University of Venezuela.
Manuel Gayoso de Lemos Manuel Luis Gayoso de Lemos Amorín y Magallanes (1747 – 1799) was the Spanish governor of Louisiana from 1797 until his death in 1799. Born in Oporto, Portugal on May 30, 1747, to Spanish consul Manuel Luis Gayoso de Lemos y Sarmiento and Theresa Angélica de Amorín y Magallanes, he received his education in London, where his parents were living.
Manuel Gonçalves Cerejeira Manuel Gonçalves Cerejeira (born November 29, 1888, Lousado, Portugal; died August 2, 1977, Lisbon, Portugal) was a Portuguese cardinal, who served as cardinal-patriarch of Lisbon, from 1929 to 1971. He was the last surviving cardinal elevated by Pope Pius XI, and his cardinalate of almost forty-eight years is the longest since the fifty-year cardinalate of Gioacchino Pecci (later Pope Leo XIII) between December 19, 1853 and July 20, 1903.
Manuel Gonzales Manuel Gonzales (March 3, 1913 - March 31, 1993) was a Spanish-American Disney comics artist. He emigrated from Spain to the USA in 1918 via Ellis Island, and was employed at the Walt Disney Studios in September 1936, where he initially worked as an "in-betweener" on the motion picture, Snow White.
Manuel González Prada Manuel González Prada (1844-1918) was a freethinker and social critic who brought Peruvian thought into the twentieth century. His most famous book, Free Pages, caused a public outcry that brought González Prada dangerously close to excommunication from the Catholic Church.
Manuel Gregorio Tavarez Manuel Gregorio Tavarez (November 16, 1843 – July 1, 1883), born in San Juan, Puerto Rico, was Puerto Rico's first renowned classical and danza composer and the inspiration behind future generations of composers.
Manuel Gutiérrez Mellado Manuel Gutiérrez Mellado (April 30, 1912 - December 15, 1995) Spanish was a General and Government official, born in Madrid. Appointed Chief of Staff of the Spanish Army in June 1976, he served as Vice President of the Government (Vicepresidente primero del Gobierno , i.
Manuel Hermoso Manuel Antonio Hermoso Rojas (San CristĂłbal de La Laguna, June 24, 1935) is a Canarian politician. He ran for mayor of Santa Cruz de Tenerife from 1979 until 1991 and the fourth president of the Canary Islands Autonomous Region between 1993 and 1999.
Manuel Chaves Nogales Manuel Chaves Nogales (Seville, Spain August 1897 – May, 1944 in London) was a Spanish journalist and writer, an enthusiastic supporter of the Second Spanish Republic and friend of the new President Manuel Azaña.
Manuel I Komnenos Manuel I Komnenos, or Comnenus (Greek: Μανουήλ Α' Κομνηνός, Manouēl I Komnēnos), November 28 1118 – September 24 1180, was a Byzantine Emperor of the 12th century who reigned over a crucial turning point in the history of Byzantium and the Mediterranean. Eager to restore his empire to its past glories as the superpower of the Mediterranean world, Manuel pursued an energetic and ambitious foreign policy.
Manuel I of Trebizond Manuel I Megas Komnenos (Greek: Μανουήλ Α΄ Μέγας Κομνηνός, Manouēl I Megas Komnēnos), (c. 1218–March 1263), Emperor of Trebizond from 1238 to 1263, surnamed the "Great Captain", was the second son of Alexios I, the first emperor of Trebizond, and Theodora Axouchina.
Manuel Ignacio de Vivanco Manuel Ignacio de Vivanco was a Peruvian politician and military leader who held the presidency of Peru from 1843 to 1844. Born in ValparaĂ­so, Chile in 1806, he led part of the Peruvian forces in the campaign against the reuinification of Peru-Bolivian Confederacy.
Manuel III of Trebizond Manuel III Megas Komnenos (Greek: Μανουήλ Γ΄ Μέγας Κομνηνός, Manouēl III Megas Komnēnos), (December 16, 1364–March 5, 1417), Emperor of Trebizond from March 20, 1390 to his death in 1417. He was the son of Emperor Alexios III of Trebizond by Theodora Kantakouzene.
Manuel Isaias Lopez Manuel Isaias Lopez, MD is a prominent Mexican child psychiatrist, trained in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, who founded the Child and Adolescent Psychiatry subspecialty program at National Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM) in 1972. He also founded and was the first president of AMPI (AsociaciĂłn Mexicana de PsiquiatrĂ­a Infantil) in 1975.
Manuel Joel Manuel Joel, Joël (1826 - 1890) was a Jewish philosopher and preacher. After teaching for several years at the Breslau rabbinical seminary, founded by Zecharias Frankel, he became the successor of Abraham Geiger in the rabbinate of Breslau.
Manuel Jose Vieira Manuel JOSÉ Azevedo Vieira (born February 2 1981 in Vila Nova da Gaia, Portugal) is a Portuguese footballer currently playing for Romanian first league side CFR Cluj. Manuel Jose plays as a right back or right midfield, and is on the Portuguese National B Team.
Manuel Lee Manuel Lora Lee (born June 17, 1965 in San Pedro de Macoris, Dominican Republic) was a Shortstop and Second Baseman for Major League Baseball's Toronto Blue Jays (1985-92), Texas Rangers (1993-94) and St. Louis Cardinals (1995).
Manuel Lopes Manuel AntĂłnio do Sousa Lopes (December 23, 1907 in Mindelo - January 25, 2005) was a Cape Verdean fictionist, poet and an essayist and a founder of the modern Cape Verdean literature, with Baltasar Lopes da Silva, Jorge Barbosa was a creator of the paper named Claridade..
Manuel Machado (football manager) Manuel António Marques Machado (born 4th December 1955, in Guimarães) is a Portuguese football manager. He signed for Académica de Coimbra as the team's head coach for the 2006/2007 Portuguese Football Championship.
Manuel María Lombardini Manuel María Lombardini (July 23, 1802, Mexico City—December 2, 1853, Mexico City) was a Mexican general and politician, a supporter of Antonio López de Santa Anna. From February 8, 1853 to April 20, 1853 he was acting president of Mexico.

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