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Schweitzer

[ shwahyt-ser, shvahyt- ]

noun

  1. Albert, 1875–1965, Alsatian writer, missionary, doctor, and musician in Africa: Nobel Peace Prize 1952.


Schweitzer

/ ˈʃvaɪt-; ˈʃwaɪtsə /

noun

  1. 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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“It’s bad for baseball,” said Maurice Schweitzer, a professor at the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania whose specialties include effective decision making.

“Mixed messages just create more fodder and more intrigue,” said Schweitzer, the Wharton School professor.

And finally this, from Leah and Norm Schweitzer:

“Many consumers are levered to the hilt — maxed out on debt and barely keeping their heads above water,’’ said Allan Schweitzer, a portfolio manager at credit-focused investment firm Beach Point Capital Management.

Also in Idaho, Schweitzer’s opening day was Nov. 25.

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