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Schweitzer
[ shwahyt-ser, shvahyt- ]
noun
- Albert, 1875–1965, Alsatian writer, missionary, doctor, and musician in Africa: Nobel Peace Prize 1952.
Schweitzer
/ ˈʃvaɪt-; ˈʃwaɪtsə /
noun
- SchweitzerAlbert18751965MFranco-GermanRELIGION: missionaryPHILOSOPHY: philosopherRELIGION: theologianMUSIC: organist Albert. 1875–1965, Franco-German medical missionary, philosopher, theologian, and organist, born in Alsace. He took up medicine in 1905 and devoted most of his life after 1913 to a medical mission at Lambaréné, Gabon: Nobel peace prize 1952
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Schweitzer had been aggressively urged to run for the Senate seat, which had been held by Baucus since 1978.
The Gonzo Option Marin Cogan, National Journal Brian Schweitzer is a one-man challenge to the scripted nature of modern politics.
A Schweitzer presidential candidacy would be a long shot by any measure.
However, in July, Schweitzer surprised the political world by announcing that he would not run.
Schweitzer is a brash, outgoing politician who achieved remarkable success in the relatively red state of Montana.
Carrie Becker wants to marry me and do the same thing in my caf, which is ten times as good as Schweitzer's.
Schweitzer and Holzbauer will not write every year; and should Michl write one, he will soon be out-Michled.
Schweitzer undertook the composition, but owing to the interruption caused by his "Alceste" he did not finish it.
Schweitzer's music 18 was in fact much applauded, and he was judged to have accomplished more than the poet.
Wieland received a commission to write a new opera, which Schweitzer was to compose under his immediate direction.
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