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Vario (Pokémon)
Vario may refer to: People * Paul Vario (1914–1988), high-ranking member of the Lucchese crime family * João Vário (1937–2007), Cape Verdean writer, neurosurgeon, scientist, and professor * Akhtar Ali Vario (died 2008), politician Technology * MDA Vario, a version of the HTC Wizard smartphone * Vario (''Pokémon''), a ''Pokémon Colosseum'' character * Variometer, an aircraft flight instrument sometimes shortened to "vario" Other uses * Mercedes-Benz Vario The Mercedes-Benz Vario (model designation BM667/668/670) is a full-size commercial heavy van and medium duty truck manufactured by Mercedes-Benz between 1996 and 2013. History The Vario was launched in 1996 as a facelifted version of the Mer ..., a heavy van * Honda Click scooter, sold in Indonesia, Malaysia, and Vietnam as Honda Vario * ''Vario'' (Savant album), an album by Savant {{disambiguation, surname ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Paul Vario
Paul Vario (July 10, 1914 – May 3, 1988) was an American mobster and made man in the Lucchese crime family. Vario was a caporegime and had his own crew of mobsters in Brooklyn, New York. Following the testimony of Henry Hill, Vario was convicted in 1984, of fraud, and sentenced to four years in prison, followed by a conviction for extortion in 1985, and an additional sentence of 10 years in prison. He died on May 3, 1988, of respiratory failure in prison. He was portrayed as Paul Cicero by Paul Sorvino in the Martin Scorsese film '' Goodfellas''. Early life Paul Vario was born on July 10, 1914, in New York City. He grew up in South Brooklyn's Old Mill section. In 1925, at age 11, Vario was sentenced to seven months in juvenile detention for truancy. Vario and his first wife, Vita, had three sons, Peter, Paul Jr., and Leonard. He later divorced Vita and married Phyllis. Vario allegedly had a very violent temper. One night Vario took his wife, Phyllis, out to di ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
João Vário
João Vário (June 7, 1937 in Mindelo on São Vicente Island, Cape Verde – August 7, 2007 in Mindelo on Island, Cape Verde) was a Cape Verdean writer, neurosurgeon Neurosurgery or neurological surgery, known in common parlance as brain surgery, is the medical specialty that focuses on the surgical treatment or rehabilitation of disorders which affect any portion of the nervous system including the brain, ..., scientist and professor. The name was a pseudonym of João Manuel Varela. Other aliases included Timóteo Tio Tiofe and G. T. Didial. He studied medicine in the universities of University of Coimbra, Coimbra and University of Lisbon, Lisbon. He earned a doctorate from the University of Antwerp in Belgium. He was a researcher and professor of neuropathology and neurobiology. He returned to his native Mindelo where he lived until his death He also wrote several poems. He was influenced by writers such as Saint-John Perse, T. S. Eliot, Ezra Pound and Aimé Cés ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |