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Ferraro

Ferraro \Fer*ra"ro\, prop. n. Geraldine Anne Ferraro, a United States politician. Born in 1935, she was a congresswoman from New York in the United States Congress from 1978 to 1984, and ran unsuccessfully in 1984 a candidate for Vice President of the United States, with Walter Mondale as the Presidential candidate. She was the first woman to be nominated by a major U. S. political party for the office of Vice President.

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Ferraro

Ferraro is a surname of Italian origin and may refer to:

  • Chris Ferraro (born 1973), NHL hockey player, brother of Peter Ferraro
  • Emanuele Ferraro (born 1978), Italian footballer
  • Geraldine Ferraro (1935 – 2011), U.S. politician and 1984 Vice-President candidate
  • Gustavo Ferraro, Argentinian banker
  • James Ferraro, American experimental musician
  • John Ferraro (1924 – 2001), Los Angeles city council man
  • Joshua Ferraro, American entrepreneur and computer scientist
  • Margaret Hart Ferraro also known as Margie Hart (1913–2000), striptease dancer and wife of John Ferraro
  • Mike Ferraro (born 1944), former major league baseball player
  • Nathan Ferraro, Canadian musician with rock band The Midway State
  • Nicholas Ferraro (1928–1984), New York politician and judge
  • Peter Ferraro (born 1973), NHL hockey player, brother of Chris Ferraro
  • Pier Miranda Ferraro (1924 – 2008), Italian operatic tenor
  • Ralph Ferraro (1929 – 2012), American film composer, ochestrator and arranger
  • Ray Ferraro (born 1964), hockey player
  • Rick Ferraro (born 1950), Canadian former politician in Ontario
  • Salvatore Ferraro (born 1983), Italian football player
  • Vince Ferraro, Fortune 100 business and marketing executive

Usage examples of "ferraro".

It took only a week for Jamie to realize that the diminutive, middle-aged Ferraro was a frustrated actor who made all his classes into his personal stage.

When Jamie asked why Othello-supposedly an intelligent leader of men-could fall so completely for the transparent schemes of Iago, Ferraro glared and told him to read the play until he understood it.

When Jamie, genuinely puzzled, asked if Rosencrantz and Guildenstern were supposed to be homosexuals, Ferraro replied coldly: "I will not allow my class to be turned into a circus.

It was a jolt, then, when Ferraro read off the grades for the midterms and announced that James Waterman had received an F.

Jamie confronted Ferraro in his cramped, book-strewn office with the evidence.

I didn't know enough about the planet, so I enlisted Ferraro on my side.

Even President Ferraro was there, his hair looking scraggly where he had pulled out handfuls.

I didn’t know enough about the planet, so I enlisted Ferraro on my side.