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Armand (1898-1990) US entrepreneur, one of the most remarkable business figures of the 20th century. A pioneer in trading with the USSR from 1921, he later acted as a political mediator. He was chair of the US oil company Occidental Petroleum until his death, and was also an expert on art.
Hammer visited the USSR 1921 and acquired the first private concession awarded by the Soviet government: an asbestos mine.
He built up fortunes in several business areas, including the import-export business. He was renowned for his dynamism, his championing of East–West relations, and his many philanthropic and cultural activities.
Having received his medical degree from Columbia University, Hammer wanted to use his skills to aid victims of starvation and typhus in the Ural Mountains. While in the USSR, he developed the idea of importing food from the US grain surplus in exchange for luxury goods. Lenin approved, and Hammer established a large import-export business. During the next quarter of a century, he made a fortune in, among other things, livestock feed and cattle. In 1956, he and his wife each put $50,000 into a struggling oil company, Occidental Petroleum, which became one of America's largest.Adopted name of Stanley Kirk Burrell (until 1991 MC Hammer) (1963-)
US rap vocalist and songwriter. His pop-oriented rap style and exuberant dancing gave him a wide appeal, especially in the video-based market, and his second LP, Please Hammer Don’t Hurt ’Em 1990, sold 13 million copies in one year.
A born-again Christian who plugs Pepsi-Cola, Hammer is perceived as an all-round family entertainer, the first crossover rapper; his lyrics are intended to be inoffensive and he tours with an elaborate stage show. He dropped the rap-style appellation “MC” in 1991 when turning toward blues and funk material.

ETYM Old Eng. hamer, as. hamer, hamor; akin to Dutch hamer, German and Dan. hammer, Swed. hammare, Icel. hamarr, hammer, crag, and perh. to Greek akmon anvil, Skr. açman stone.
1. A hand tool with a heavy rigid head and a handle; used to deliver an impulsive force by striking.
2. The act of pounding (delivering repeated heavy blows); SYN. pound, hammering, pounding.
3. The part of a gunlock that strikes the percussion cap when the trigger is pulled.
4. The felt-covered striker that causes the piano strings to vibrate.
5. A power tool for drilling rocks; SYN. power hammer.
6. An athletic competition in which a heavy metal ball that is attached to a flexible wire is hurled as far as possible; SYN. hammer throw.
7. A heavy metal sphere attached to a flexible wire; used in the hammer throw.
In track and field athletics, a throwing event in which only men compete. The hammer is a spherical weight attached to a chain with a handle. The competitor spins the hammer over his head to gain momentum, within the confines of a circle, and throws it as far as he can. The hammer weighs 7.26 kg/16 lb and may originally have been a blacksmith's hammer.

The part of an impact printer that strikes or causes another component to strike the ribbon to print a character on the paper. In a dot-matrix printer, the pins or wires are the hammers; in a daisy-wheel printer, the hammer strikes the daisy wheel.

1. To beat with or as if with a hammer.
2. To repeat relentlessly