Fermi, Enrico

[ (fur-mee, fer-mee) ]

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An American physicist of the twentieth century, born in Italy. Fermi built the first nuclear reactor in the 1940s under the stands of a football field at the University of Chicago.

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How to use Fermi, Enrico in a sentence

Berkeley-based economist Enrico Moretti is also bearish on the future of the region.
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Prime Minister Enrico Letta himself has declared his interest in joining negotiations with Iran sometime in the future.
Israel, Italy, the Iran Connection and Berlusconi's Legacy|Anna Momigliano|December 4, 2013|DAILY BEAST
The focus here, however, was obviously on the confidence vote looming against Prime Minister Enrico Letta.
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“This is a European tragedy,” said Angelino Alfano, deputy prime minister to Enrico Letta.
Italy’s Shipwrecked Syrians Fare Better Than Most Migrants|Barbie Latza Nadeau|October 3, 2013|DAILY BEAST

It was, we were told, Fermi's atom-splitting feat in Chicago replicated at a scale of 200 million.
At the Hanford Nuclear Reservation, a Steady Drip of Toxic Trouble|Eric Nusbaum|February 24, 2013|DAILY BEAST
Gildo (to Aless): By that time Enrico will not be here to pay if he does lose, so you will not win.
Castellinaria|Henry Festing Jones
Caro: Signor Enrico, why do you wear that little beard, that barbetta?
Castellinaria|Henry Festing Jones
Donizetti composed his first opera, "Enrico di Borgogna," in 1819, while serving as a soldier in Venice.
A History of the Nineteenth Century, Year by Year|Edwin Emerson
She kissed me, and called up once more from the foot of the stairs: “You are not to forget me, you know, Enrico!”
Cuore (Heart)|Edmondo De Amicis
Why, Enrico, after our father has already reproved you for having behaved badly to Coretti, were you so unkind to me?
Cuore (Heart)|Edmondo De Amicis