Marlene
Americannoun
Example Sentences
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Marlene Critch, a 90-year-old retired hospital administrator from Burien, Wash., had been married for 50 years when she told me that her secret to marital success was for each spouse to “give 75%,” which adds up to a total of 150% for the relationship.
"A third of individuals living with epilepsy don't achieve freedom from seizures with current medications." says senior author Patrick A. Forcelli, Ph.D., professor and chair of Georgetown School of Medicine's Department of Pharmacology & Physiology and the Jerome H. Fleisch & Marlene L. Cohen Endowed Professor of Pharmacology.
From Science Daily
The group’s profit was worse than expected, dragged down by a higher tax rate and a volatile net fair value result, analysts Benjamin Goy and Marlene Eibensteiner write.
Pelvic floor occupational therapist Marlene Handler, for example, says many insurance companies refuse to cover the relaxation techniques she uses to assuage patients’ anxiety, overlooking that patients have to be in the right state of mind before other tactics can be applied.
From Slate
Only Fools And Horses co-star Sue Holderness, who played Marlene in the sitcom, paid tribute to Murray on X, saying: "R.I.P. darling Patrick. Much love. You will be greatly missed."
From BBC
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