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Mullis

American  
[muhl-is] / ˈmʌl ɪs /

noun

  1. Kary Banks 1944–2019, U.S. biochemist: Nobel Prize 1993.


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“There usually is an uptick of people returning equipment that they bought in a frenzy of New Year’s resolutions,” says Greg Mullis, the company’s director of corporate operations.

From The Wall Street Journal

As a result, “The jury heard just a fraction of the horrors in Mullis’s life.”

From Slate

Mullis also was ill-served by the lawyers in his original trial who did “a poor job of describing the depths of his mental illness.”

From Slate

“When we find out that permit applicants withhold important information in an application and the permitting agency hasn’t done their due diligence, we will call them out and use the law to hold them accountable,” Damon Mullis, the riverkeeper group’s executive director, said in a statement.

From Seattle Times

“Laken showed devotion with every aspect of her life,” said Chloe Mullis, president of the University of Georgia chapter of Alpha Chi Omega.

From Seattle Times