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  • Checkley cited the protagonist of The Incredible Charlie Carewe, a novel by Mary Astor, as a quintessential psychopath.

    Textbook descriptions of George Bush reveal psychopathy, and much worse. 2008

  • Checkley, in Staffordshire, my quondam chamber-fellow, and late fellow student in Christ Church, Oxon.

    Anatomy of Melancholy 2007

  • In early youth, as has been stated, Sir Piers professed the faith of Rome, but shortly after the death of his beautiful mistress -- or wife, as it might be --, having quarreled with his father's confessor, Checkley, he publicly abjured his heresies.

    Rookwood William Harrison Ainsworth 1843

  • Checkley had been brought before the body of Susan Rookwood.

    Rookwood William Harrison Ainsworth 1843

  • Checkley vowed her destruction, and he kept his vow.

    Rookwood William Harrison Ainsworth 1843

  • But though too weak to guide, he was a pliant instrument, and this Checkley knew.

    Rookwood William Harrison Ainsworth 1843

  • Whatever suspicions were attached to Sir Piers were quieted by Checkley, who distributed gold, largely and discreetly.

    Rookwood William Harrison Ainsworth 1843

  • Joan Checkley, now 61, said she and her sister had been fearful about the care he was getting and checked his medical chart every day - but did not know until after his death that codes indicated medication was not being administered.

    Telegraph.co.uk - Telegraph online, Daily Telegraph and Sunday Telegraph Laura Donnelly 2011

  • Checkley and his colleagues wanted to see if by adding vitamin A to kids' or pregnant women's diets, they might lower the children's risk of asthma.

    Yahoo! News: Business - Opinion 2011

  • "We're kind of narrowing down what the effect of vitamin A is," said Dr. William Checkley, from Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore, who worked on the study.

    Yahoo! News: Business - Opinion 2011

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