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• HAMMER, ZEVULUN — (1936–1998), Israeli political leader; member of the Seventh to Fourteenth Knesset. Hammer was born in Haifa, studied at the religious Yavneh high school, and joined bnei akiva in 1945, later becoming a member of its national council, and a… …   Encyclopedia of Judaism

• Hammer, Armand — born , May 21, 1898, New York, N.Y., U.S. died Dec. 10, 1990, Los Angeles, Calif. U.S. industrialist and philanthropist. Hammer made his first million dollars in pharmaceuticals before earning his medical degree from Columbia University. He went… …   Universalium

• Hammer v. Dagenhart — Supreme Court of the United States Argued April 15–16, 1918 Decided June 3, 1918 …   Wikipedia

• Hammer's Slammers — is both the title of a 1979 collection of military science fiction short stories by author David Drake (and, by extension, of the fictional universe in which these and a number of Drake s other stories and novels are set) and the career of a… …   Wikipedia

• Hammer Film Productions — is a film production company based in the United Kingdom. Founded in 1934, the company is best known for the series of Gothic Hammer Horror films produced from the late 1950s until the 1970s. Hammer also produced science fiction, thrillers and… …   Wikipedia

• Hammer-Purgstall, Joseph, Baron von — • A distinguished Austrian Orientalist; b. at Graz, 9 June, 1774; d. at Vienna, 23 November, 1856 Catholic Encyclopedia. Kevin Knight. 2006. Hammer Purgstall, Joseph, Baron von     Joseph, Baron von Hammer Purgst …   Catholic encyclopedia

• Hammer — Ham mer (h[a^]m m[ e]r), n. [OE. hamer, AS. hamer, hamor; akin to D. hamer, G. & Dan. hammer, Sw. hammare, Icel. hamarr, hammer, crag, and perh. to Gr. a kmwn anvil, Skr. a[,c]man stone.] 1. An instrument for driving nails, beating metals, and… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• Hammer fish — Hammer Ham mer (h[a^]m m[ e]r), n. [OE. hamer, AS. hamer, hamor; akin to D. hamer, G. & Dan. hammer, Sw. hammare, Icel. hamarr, hammer, crag, and perh. to Gr. a kmwn anvil, Skr. a[,c]man stone.] 1. An instrument for driving nails, beating metals …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• Hammer hardening — Hammer Ham mer (h[a^]m m[ e]r), n. [OE. hamer, AS. hamer, hamor; akin to D. hamer, G. & Dan. hammer, Sw. hammare, Icel. hamarr, hammer, crag, and perh. to Gr. a kmwn anvil, Skr. a[,c]man stone.] 1. An instrument for driving nails, beating metals …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• hammer oyster — Hammer Ham mer (h[a^]m m[ e]r), n. [OE. hamer, AS. hamer, hamor; akin to D. hamer, G. & Dan. hammer, Sw. hammare, Icel. hamarr, hammer, crag, and perh. to Gr. a kmwn anvil, Skr. a[,c]man stone.] 1. An instrument for driving nails, beating metals …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English