Griswold
Americannoun
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Erwin Nathaniel, 1904–1994, U.S. lawyer and educator: dean of Harvard University Law School 1950–67.
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a male given name.
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That seems odd: Scalia’s entire judicial career, promoting originalism and textualism for constraining judicial activism, stands in opposition to the judicial mindset pioneered in Griswold.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 10, 2025
“Whether or not you learn something, you still get to have a great experience in nature and do something outside of the ordinary,” Griswold says.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 16, 2025
Then, Watanabe and Griswold worked with theoretical biophysics colleague Padmini Rangamani, Ph.D., professor of pharmacology at University of California San Diego School of Medicine, to look more closely at axons' physical properties.
From Science Daily ● Dec. 2, 2024
“There have definitely been people who are like, ‘No, this cannot possibly be true,’” Griswold says.
From Science Magazine ● Dec. 2, 2024
Mr. Griswold resisted the urge to hug his leather satchel firmly to his side.
From "Book Scavenger" by Jennifer Chambliss Bertman
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