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Keller

American  
[kel-er, kel-uhr] / ˈkɛl ər, ˈkɛl ər /

noun

  1. Gottfried 1819–90, Swiss novelist.

  2. Helen (Adams), 1880–1968, U.S. lecturer, author, and educator: blind and deaf from infancy; educated by Annie Sullivan.


Keller British  
/ ˈkɛlə /

noun

  1. Gottfried. 1819–90, Swiss novelist and short-story writer, who wrote in German: noted esp for the novel Der Grüne Heinrich (1855, rewritten 1880)

  2. Helen ( Adams ). 1880–1968, US author and lecturer. Blind and deaf from infancy, she was taught to read, write, and speak and became noted for her work for the handicapped

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She has been pushing for rules to protect caregiving children and to limit recovery from small estates, both of which would have helped Keller.

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“I’m still in the house. It’s my house,” Keller said, crying.

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“When you make a service really fast, magical, you actually change customers’ behavior,” Zipline CEO Keller Cliffton said.

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It was generalised to any number of dimensions by German mathematician Ott-Heinrich Keller in 1939.

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Turning his attention to the Ares 3 flight surgeon, Teddy asked, "Dr. Keller, can we reduce Watney's food intake to make the rations last longer?"

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