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1. Isaac, 1920–2001, U.S. violinist, born in Russia.
2. Otto, 1888–1969, U.S. physicist, born in Germany: Nobel prize 1943.
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Stern, Otto 1888-1969.  
German-born American physicist. He won a 1943 Nobel Prize for detecting the magnetic movements of atomic particles.
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
Copyright © 2009 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
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stern

  1. n.
    the posterior; buttocks. : The little airplane crashed right into the stern of an enormous lady who didn't even notice.
Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions by Richard A. Spears.Fourth Edition.
Copyright 2007. Published by McGraw Hill.
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stern  (n.)
c.1300, "hind part of a ship, steering gear of a ship," probably from O.N. stjorn "a steering," related to styra "to guide" (see steer (v.)). Or the word may come from O.Fris. stiarne "rudder," which is also related to steer (v.).
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Otto Stern

German-born scientist and winner of the Nobel Prize for Physics in 1943 for his development of the molecular beam as a tool for studying the characteristics of molecules and for his measurement of the magnetic moment of the proton.

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