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Fuchs

American  
[fyooks] / fyuks /

noun

  1. Daniel, 1909–1993, U.S. novelist and short-story writer.

  2. Klaus Emil Julius 1911–88, British physicist and atom spy for the Soviet Union, born in Germany.

  3. Sir Vivian (Ernest), 1908–1999, British geologist and Antarctic explorer.


Fuchs British  
/ fʊks, fuːks /

noun

  1. Klaus Emil . (klaus ˈeːmiːl). 1911–88, East German physicist. He was born in Germany, became a British citizen (1942), and was imprisoned (1950–59) for giving secret atomic research information to the Soviet Union

  2. Sir Vivian Ernest . 1908–99, English explorer and geologist: led the Commonwealth Trans-Antarctic Expedition (1955–58)

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“As I have said for years, there were no victims, no losses, and no crimes in this case,” said Wiederhorn’s lawyer, Doug Fuchs, on Monday.

From The Wall Street Journal

“Such a merger would obviously have an impact on teaming options and proposals,” Fuchs said.

From The Wall Street Journal

One aspect of the show that the actor questioned, however, was Fuchs and Kane’s decision to omit that incendiary epithet from the scripts.

From Salon

"No one likes to lose hair, but when it comes down to survival in stressful times, repairing the epidermis takes precedence," says Fuchs.

From Science Daily

British authorities had just arrested Klaus Fuchs, a physicist who had helped the Americans design the first atomic bomb.

From Literature