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  • Lovely old girl, Mother Sykes is, one of the kind that calls everybody "Deary" and collects in advance every Saturday night.

    Torchy Sewell Ford 1907

  • "Deary," said she, "you will have to go to this place in the morning and try what you can do.

    Mary, Mary James Stephens 1916

  • "Deary," she goes on, turnin 'to what's followin' her, "look who's here!

    Shorty McCabe on the Job Sewell Ford 1907

  • "Deary," she sobbed, "it has been revealed to me that you go into great perils when you set out to-day.

    Andivius Hedulio Adventures of a Roman Nobleman in the Days of the Empire Edward Lucas White 1900

  • Dr. Deary said the team's next step would be to examine whether there are "links between genetic factors and brain structure which we have from brain imaging and whether this in turn links to cognitive change."

    New Insight Into Aging Brains Gautam Naik 2012

  • As to which genes may account for the changes, Dr. Deary said, "Most of us think that we shall be looking for many genes, each contributing very small effects."

    New Insight Into Aging Brains Gautam Naik 2012

  • Deary me. on August 22, 2009 at 11: 56 am Demetrius

    Is There Anybody Out There? « POLICE INSPECTOR BLOG Inspector Gadget 2009

  • Dr. Deary noted that several other studies have indicated that people's differences in a gene called Apolipoprotein E can contribute a small amount to cognitive aging.

    New Insight Into Aging Brains Gautam Naik 2012

  • I have spent a number of years working in the industry as an editor and researcher, especially for the writer of the popular Horrible Histories series Terry Deary.

    Interview with BubbleCow: Literary consultants | The Creative Penn 2009

  • While the study lacks statistical power in some crucial aspects, it is valuable because "it is very rare to have an estimate of the genetic contribution to lifetime cognitive change," said psychologist Ian Deary of the University of Edinburgh and lead author of the study, in an emailed response to questions.

    New Insight Into Aging Brains Gautam Naik 2012

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