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Frazier

[frey-zher]

noun

  1. E(dward) Franklin, 1894–1962, U.S. sociologist.

  2. Joseph William JoeSmokin' Joe, 1944–2011, U.S. boxer.



Frazier

/ ˈfreɪʒə /

noun

  1. Joe . 1944–2011, US boxer: won the world heavyweight title in 1970 and was the first to beat Muhammad Ali professionally (1971)

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The video below shows Frazier Mountain towering over Interstate 5 near Gorman on Tuesday.

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Rex Frazier, president of the Personal Insurance Federation of California, a trade group representing large property and casualty insurers in the state, dismissed Consumer Watchdog’s concerns.

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E. Franklin Frazier, a black sociologist, published landmark studies of residential housing patterns in black neighborhoods in the 1930s.

Jarmond met with the team only after Margzetta Frazier and Norah Flatley tweeted to request his help, and Frazier later described a statement that Jarmond released about the situation as “discouraging” based on the athletic department’s response to the scandal being “performative.”

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It turned out to be all of that 50 years ago, as well as being offensive, when he called his fight opponent, Joe Frazier, a gorilla.

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