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Sanger

[ sang-er ]

noun

  1. Frederick, 1918–2013, English biochemist: Nobel Prize in Chemistry 1958, 1980.
  2. Mar·ga·ret (Louise) Hig·gins [mahr, -g, uh, -rit , hig, -inz], 1883–1966, U.S. nurse and author: pioneering activist for legal, safe, and accessible birth control.
  3. a town in central California.


sanger

1

/ ˈsæŋə /

noun

  1. slang.
    a sandwich Also calledsango


Sanger

2

/ ˈsæŋə /

noun

  1. SangerFrederick1918MEnglishSCIENCE: chemist Frederick. born 1918, English biochemist, who determined the molecular structure of insulin: awarded two Nobel prizes for chemistry (1958; 1980)
  2. SangerMargaret (Higgins)18831966FUSPOLITICS: birth-control campaigner Margaret ( Higgins ). 1883–1966, US leader of the birth-control movement

Sanger

/ săngər /

  1. British biochemist who determined the order of amino acids in the insulin molecule, thereby making it possible to manufacture synthetic insulin. For this work, he received the Nobel Prize for chemistry in 1958. In 1980 Sanger received another Nobel Prize for chemistry (jointly with American molecular biologists Paul Berg and Walter Gilbert) for his development of methods for mapping the structure and function of DNA.


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“He was specifically interested in finding a philoso­pher to lead the project,” Sanger recalled.

“Because of the neutrality policy, we have partisans working together on the same articles,” Sanger explained.

“Consequently, nearly everyone with much expertise but little patience will avoid ed­iting Wikipedia,” Sanger lamented.

To help develop it, he hired a doctoral student in philosophy, Larry Sanger, whom he first met in online discussion groups.

It then dawned on Sanger, he claimed, that a wiki could be used to help solve the problems he was having with Nupedia.

Sam was heavier and stronger than Yan, but Yan had gained wonderfully since coming to Sanger.

A thousand dollars in Sanger was like one hundred thousand dollars in a big city.

They proposed to take the whole Sanger camp, but in a hand-to-hand fight of both tribes it was another draw.

This swamp was a wild tract, ten miles by thirty, that lay a dozen miles north of Sanger.

For this was Sanger, where small gatherings held the same place as the club, theatre and newspaper do in the lives of city folk.

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