Mallon

American

[mal-uhn] / ˈmæl ən /

noun

Mary Typhoid Mary, 1869?–1938, U.S. cook, born in Ireland: known immune carrier of typhoid fever who infected many with the disease, institutionalized in 1914.

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“Retirees are living longer and spending more of their nest egg,” Mallon said.

From MarketWatch

As the Games kicked off on Friday, around 40 Russian-born athletes were set to compete for other nations, according to a tally by Olympic historian Bill Mallon.

From The Wall Street Journal

The Prince and Princess of Wales later visited Mallon Farm in Cookstown, a flax farm which had previously been a dairy farm.

From BBC

"It's pretty inconvenient," says 18-year-old Jacob Mallon of the 19-hour journey between his home in the Isles of Scilly and the college he has been attending for the past two years.

From BBC

Mallon, a distinguished man of letters, moved to Manhattan at 32, holding a PhD from Harvard and a dissertation that became his acclaimed 1984 book, “A Book of One’s Own.”

From Los Angeles Times

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