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McNamara

American  
[mak-nuh-mar-uh] / ˈmæk nəˌmær ə /

noun

  1. Robert Strange, 1916–2009, U.S. business executive and government official: Secretary of Defense 1961–68; president of World Bank 1968–81.


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Siewers and Wasilewski invented it in a game design class for fourth graders at their school in Palos Heights, Ill. In the class, taught by Julie McNamara, students learn how games like Monopoly and Mr. Potato Head were invented, then come up with their own concept and a prototype that they submit to the toy fair contest.

From The Wall Street Journal

McNamara can tell when moms and dads get involved.

From The Wall Street Journal

The research was led by James Sacchettini, Ph.D., the Rodger J. Wolfe-Welch Foundation Chair in Science and professor at Texas A&M University, along with Case McNamara, Ph.D., senior director of infectious disease at the Calibr-Skaggs Institute for Innovative Medicines, a division of Scripps Research that develops next-generation therapies.

From Science Daily

"This technique represents a new tool for drug design," said McNamara.

From Science Daily

Steve McNamara, general secretary of the Licensed Taxi Drivers Association, which represents the famously opinionated cabbies, attributed their decline to the pandemic and said numbers would stabilize in the coming years.

From The Wall Street Journal