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Fischer

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1. Fischer - Noun

2. Fischer - Proper noun

Meaning

United States chess master; world champion from 1972 to 1975 (born in 1943)

German chemist noted for work on synthetic sugars and the purines (1852-1919)

German chemist noted for his synthesis of hemin (1881-1945)

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My name is Mr. Fischer. What's your name? Joschka Fischer

Bobby Fischer has an enormous knowledge of chess and his familiarity with the chess literature of the USSR is immense. Boris Spassky

The Soviet Union was an exception, but even there chess players were not rich. Only Fischer changed that. Boris Spassky

My first reaction on being awarded the Nobel Prize was, actually, I thought of Fischer Black, my colleague. He unfortunately had passed away. And there was no doubt in my mind that if he were still alive, he would have been a co-recipient of the Nobel Prize. Myron Scholes

I am not sure the others are as committed as Rob Hall and Scott Fischer. I think there is more business now, and I know it will be impossible to stop this Everest business. Anatoli Boukreev

Clare Fischer was a major influence on my harmonic concept. He and Bill Evans, and Ravel and Gil Evans, finally. You know, that's where it really came from. Almost all of the harmony that I play can be traced to one of those four people and whoever their influences were. Herbie Hancock

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