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Breuer

American  
[broi-er] / ˈbrɔɪ ər /

noun

  1. Josef 1842–1925, Austrian neurologist: pioneer in psychoanalytic techniques.

  2. Marcel Lajos 1902–81, Hungarian architect and furniture designer, in the U.S. after 1937.


Breuer British  
/ ˈbrɔɪə /

noun

  1. Josef (ˈjoːzɛf). 1842–1925, Austrian physician: treated the mentally ill by hypnosis

  2. Marcel Lajos (mɑːˈsɛl ˈlɔjoʃ). 1902–81, US architect and furniture designer, born in Hungary. He developed bent plywood and tubular metal furniture and designed the UNESCO building in Paris (1953–58)

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Sotheby’s has moved into Marcel Breuer’s 1966 modernist landmark that looks like an inverted ziggurat and once famously housed the Whitney Museum of American Art.

From The Wall Street Journal

Earlier this year German defence chief Gen Carsten Breuer warned that the Western Nato alliance had to prepare for a possible Russian attack within four years.

From BBC

The second version will be on display in a bathroom at New York's Breuer Building until it goes under the hammer.

From BBC

General Carsten Breuer told the BBC that Russia was producing hundreds of tanks a year, many of which could be used for an attack on Nato Baltic state members by 2029 or even earlier.

From BBC

Prof Breuer says she is thrilled with how the treatment is changing lives.

From BBC