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Fischer

[ fish-er ]

noun

  1. Edwin, 1886–1960, Swiss pianist.
  2. E·mil [ey, -mil], 1852–1919, German chemist: Nobel Prize 1902.
  3. Ernst Otto, 1918–2007, German chemist: Nobel Prize 1973.
  4. Hans [hahns], 1881–1945, German chemist: Nobel Prize 1930.
  5. Robert James Bobby, 1943–2008, U.S. chess player.


Fischer

/ ˈfɪʃər /

noun

  1. FischerEmil Hermann18521919MGermanSCIENCE: chemist Emil Hermann (ˈeːmiːl ˈhɛrman). 1852–1919, German chemist, noted particularly for his work on synthetic sugars and the purine group: Nobel prize for chemistry 1902
  2. FischerErnst Otto19181994MGermanSCIENCE: chemist Ernst Otto . 1918–94, German chemist: shared the Nobel prize for chemistry in 1973 with Geoffrey Wilkinson for his work on inorganic complexes
  3. FischerHans18811945MGermanSCIENCE: chemist Hans (hans). 1881–1945, German chemist, noted particularly for his work on chlorophyll, haemin, and the porphyrins: Nobel prize for chemistry 1930
  4. FischerRobert James19432008MUSSPORT AND GAMES: chess player Robert James , known as Bobby . 1943–2008, US chess player; world champion 1972–75


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“That’s the last thing we want, that we get rid of spiders but attract ants,” Fischer says.

Fischer, a biologist who works with a Michigan-based Fish and Wildlife Service office, was on the water late last month, putting out setlines with hooks to catch and survey the lake sturgeon population in the Detroit River.

It’s the biggest fish any of them had ever caught — the team’s previous record, before he joined the crew, was 123 pounds, Fischer said.

Yes, that feature was originally targeted at resort skiers, but it’s just as relevant for the type of crossover skiers that have gravitated to Fischer’s Ranger line.

For many first-time nordic skiers, waxless classic “skin” skis, like the Twin Skin line from Fischer, are the best point of entry.

And VanDyke and Fischer had dinner with war correspondent Steven Sotloff mere weeks before he was kidnapped.

Bührle replied that he would return them to Fischer if he got his money back.

McConnell appeared at a press conference with Nebraska Sen. Deb Fischer at his side.

Bryan Fischer never fails to be an endless source of Fringe Factor material.

Brad Darrach, was a freelance journalist for Playboy and best-selling author of Bobby Fischer Versus the Rest of the World.

From Fischer's account of the style of Maimon's works we have seen how his intellectual work was affected by his Talmudic studies.

Mrs. Fischer-Suympkins had been the first large plum that the Kinsolvings had drawn from the social pie.

Mrs. Fischer-Suympkins was the heliograph of the smart society parading corps.

The variety is still further increased by means of the comprehensive activity which Fischer presupposes.

With regard to the relation of consciousness to perception we will make the distinctions made by Fischer.

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