Fernando Collor de Mello
Fernando Collor de Mello , 1949-, president of Brazil (1990-92). In 1990, he became the youngest president of Brazil following the first public election in 29 years. He was mayor of Maceió (1979-81) and federal deputy (1982-85) and governor (1986-89) of the impoverished state of Alagôas in northeastern Brazil. In each case, he represented the right-wing Social Democratic party. His first years as president were dominated by radical—though unsuccessful—attempts to reduce inflation. In Oct., 1992, the lower house of congress voted overwhelmingly to suspend him after finding evidence of massive personal corruption. The case was sent to the senate for impeachment proceedings, during which he resigned (Dec. 29, 1992). He was succeeded by his vice president, Itamar Franco. Following censure by the senate, he was barred from holding office until 2001. In Dec., 1994, the Brazilian supreme court acquitted him of the corruption charges, but he remained barred from public office. Collor de Mello was elected to the Brazilian senate in 2006.
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Euphranor
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
Euphranor , fl. 364 BC, Greek painter and sculptor from Corinth. His most famous paintings were in the Stoa of Zeus at Athens&mdash...
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Fitzgerald, Edward
Book article from: The Concise Oxford Companion to English Literature
...beloved by many close friends, who included Thackeray , Alfred and Frederick Tennyson , and Carlyle . In 1851 he published Euphranor, a Dialogue on Youth and later he produced translations of plays by Calderón, Aeschylus , and Sophocles , a collection...
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Edward FitzGerald
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
...expression of a philosophy counseling man to live life to the fullest while he can. Among FitzGerald's other works are Euphranor (1851), a Platonic dialogue, and Polonius (1852), a collection of aphorisms. Bibliography: See his letters (ed...
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