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Tilley

/ ˈtɪlɪ /

noun

  1. Vesta (ˈvɛstə), original name Matilda Alice Powles. 1864–1952, British music-hall entertainer, best known as a male impersonator

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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"I can reveal today that world number one Carlos Alcaraz will headline the pro player line-up in the Million Dollar One Point Slam," Australian Open tournament director Craig Tilley said.

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“It’s not for me to tell someone how to feel about the film and neither does the government get to decide how someone must feel about the film,” said Tilley.

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Ambulance technician Mark Tilley appeared close to tears when he described how the experience still "played on his mind".

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Mr Tilley, who works for South East Coast Ambulance Service, was giving evidence as a representative of the GMB union.

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"The effectiveness of enobosarm lies in its ability to activate the AR and trigger a natural defence mechanism in breast tissue, thereby slowing the growth of ER+ breast cancer, which relies on the hormone estrogen to grow and spread," said senior co-author Professor Wayne Tilley, Director of the Dame Roma Mitchell Cancer Research Laboratories at the University of Adelaide.

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