Sentences with phrase «italian descent»

(Berlin, Germany) Brazilian of Italian descent, based in Berlin since 1996, Carla Guagliardi weaves her artistic practice with the threads of different cultural mindsets and disciplines.

Frank Stella was born in Malden, Massachusetts, [1] to parents of Italian descent.

What do you get when you connect the Italian plumber (or an American of Italian descent - there's no absolute certainty), supersonic hedgehog and marble balls?

His father is of Italian descent and his mother has German / Austrian / Croatian and Armenian ancestry.

The primary thrust of the story is Eilis» whirlwind romance with Tony (Emory Cohen), a young man of Italian descent who works as a plumber.

His father is of Italian descent, from Naples, and his mother is of Armenian, Austrian, and Croatian ancestry.

Single American of Italian descent, 57, grey hair, brown eyes, active, teacher, motorcyclist (off road), Roman Catholic, trail runner, target shooter... likes espresso... no children, never married...

I am a 31 year old white male of Irish and Italian descent.

He gives as an example the fact that nearly 50 % of people of Mexican heritage, and a large percentage of Caucasian and black Americans all have some kind of MTHFR mutation that results in neural tube defects, but people of Italian descent living in Southern Italy who have these same mutations do not have the problems with neural tube defects simply because their lifestyle and environment make up for their genes.

Guests of Italian descent included House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi, D - Calif., the highest - ranking Italian - American in U.S. politics; former race car driver Mario Andretti, who sported socks designed like a checkered racing flag; fashion designer Giorgio Armani; actor John Turturro; New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo; and actor - director Roberto Benigni.

He is of three - quarters Italian descent.

Cuomo, the son of immigrants Andrea and Immaculata Cuomo, was raised in eastern Queens, and became the state's first governor of Italian descent.

Guests of Italian descent included House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi (D - Calif.)

The first influences came from my great - grandmother and grandmother both of italian descent and my paternal grandmother of Romanian / Hungarian descent who was very good at preparing traditional European pastries.

Not exact matches

Swad — who is of Italian and Lebanese descent — says he was completely unversed in Latino culture when he made the strategic decision to pursue that market.

Americans of Puerto Rican, Italian, Chinese and Polish descent have taken surveys to determine how many of their own are employed in various professions.

When asked about the statue, de Blasio, who is of Italian and German descent, has repeatedly deferred to the panel, saying they will be tasked with examining the issue.

The main ethnic groups of Southern Brazil are Brazilians of Italian, Portuguese, German, Polish and Ukrainian descent.

[Note: Italian - American Catholic Martin Scorsese was originally slated to direct the film, but turned down the chance - claiming the film needed a director of Jewish descent - before turning it over to Spielberg.]

(In fact, Iacocca was, and is, Italian, at least by descent.

Amedeo Modigliani (1884 - 1920), who was of Italian - Sephardic descent, arrived in Paris in 1906, when the city was still roiled by anti-semitism in the wake of the Dreyfus Affair and had an influx of foreign emigrés.

Each of the cases is distinct: some were born overseas, some have foreign citizenship by descent, one is a 3rd generation Australian whose mother registered him as an Italian citizen when he was a child (17) and he claims he never knew.

Pueblo has become well known for its diverse food options with a large percentage of its population of Hispanic, Italian, and Slovenian descents.