Word: mira
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...proud of being a Spaniard now that the Spanish people are fighting to save their own culture." Luis Mira, former professor at the University of Barcelona and inspector of psychiatry in the Spanish Republican Army, said at a meeting sponsored by the Teachers' Union in behalf of the Spanish Refugee Campaign...
...French Paramount Players do themselves justice in this film. Liane is effectively portraited by Edith Mira, who appeared in "Les Trois Mousquetaires"; Rosine, secretary to Liane, is charmingly interpreted by Susy Vernon; and Constant Remy is convincing in the role of Santerre, the melleur en scene. The action never lags, and the technique of introducing brief interludes of comment from the outside world is employed with restraint...
...Hindu name, she explained, comes from Mira, a Rajput Princess who gave up her position to become a worshipper of Krishna, and Bai a feminine suffix. She is also called Mirabehn, which means Sister Mira...
Eager reporters almost bowled the little man over despite the precautions of his faithful follower Mira Bei. formerly Miss Madeline Slade, daughter of a British admiral. St. Gandhi grew querulous...
...Gandhi then said goodbye to his wife and son, boarded the S. S. Rajputana with his English disciple. Miss Madeline Slade (Srimati Mira Bai).* His two goats were left behind, but he had provided himself with 30 quarts of pasteurized goat's milk and enough dried fruit to live on until he reaches London. In his meagre luggage there was also a copy of Thoreau's Civil Disobedience. Discovery of this fact set observers to wondering if the Mahatma had borrowed his catchword and chief weapon from the New England sage...