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Miriam

Miriam (mĭrˈēəm), in the Bible. 1 Sister of Moses and Aaron. After the crossing of the Sea of Reeds, she led the women in the song of Miriam. Later she sided with Aaron against Moses and was stricken with leprosy, but was cured when Moses interceded for her. 2 Descendant of Judah. Miriam and Mary are diverse forms of the same original name.

Miriam

mysteriously reluctant to reveal her past. [Am. Lit.: The Marble Faun]

See: Aloofness

Miriam

made leprous for maligning Moses’s marriage to Cushite. [O.T.: Numbers 12:9–10]

See: Slander

Miriam

Old Testament the sister of Moses and Aaron. (Numbers 12:1--15)

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Miriam, who found fame in 2004 series There's Something About Miriam, was found dead at her home on February 5 at the age of 38.

Miriam Rivera's husband says he fears she was murdered and her suicide staged; The Transgender model, who found fame on reality show There's Something About Miriam, was found hanged in 'mysterious circumstances'

One night during Miriam's 9th month a sharp pain in her stomach surprised her at night.

HELLP--I Need Somebody

Miriam then heads to the Church Of Perpetual Life, where a man with a degree in mortuary science has made a killing by getting his congregation worshiping at the altar of 'life-extending' vitamins.

LIVING IT UP; A living legend goes in search of adventure, and it's to die for, says Lara Kilner

'That is Alzheimer's in full flow, and it's exactly like my mother,' says Miriam. 'My fear is of losing myself, of not being who I am.

Having a good life all the way; Miriam Margolyes meets people facing death and others intent on keeping it at bay

Miriam sets off to America, to meet people using different methods to prolong their lives.

I fear losing myself, like my mother; Miriam Margolyes meets people facing death and others intent on keeping it at bay

The program has two components, a Master of Arts in Designing Education or MADE and a requisite Philippine-based Post-graduate Certificate in Designing Education or PGCERT that will be taken up at Miriam College.

Miriam College, Goldsmiths partner for unique program that fuses design thinking and education

Details of maladies, epidemics, and treatments are captivating, and Miriam's and Gideon's formalities toward each other as they tentatively begin a professional work relationship are elegant.

Healing Hearts

Stage and screen veteran Miriam, 77, - who bounced back into the public eye in BBC reality show The Real Marigold Hotel - also became such a big fan of Welsh painter Augustus John that she wrote to him offering to pose nude.

Call the nude wife; NAKED TRUTH ABOUT ACTOR'S ROLESStar Miriam plays a nun but reveals some risque habits

Carlo Garcia, Miriam College Environmental Studies Institute (ESI) Head; Hazel Velasco, First Philippine Holdings Integrated Corporate Communications Assistant Manager; Dr.

Miriam College supports EDC's tree propagation program

But with up to 18 guests at any one time around the table in the family's end-terrace house, Miriam realised the supper club concept had reached its limits.

Miriam launches new cafe venture

Months after the entrance exam Miriam called Ysabella's parents and informed them that she was a candidate for STEM scholarship, a four- year merit scholarship in Miriam.

The Miriam Way

MIRIAM Margolyes wants to know why do some Americans support Trump?

Miriam ends her US road trip on a high; PICK OF THE DAY MIRIAM'S BIG AMERICAN ADVENTURE BBC1, 9pm (Wales 11.05pm)

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