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
“Specifically, we have a Dawn Redwood that we’re going to be talking about a bit,” says Claire Griswold, the garden’s learning and engagement manager.
From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 16, 2025
Johns Hopkins graduate student and study first author Jacqueline Griswold tested the idea but found no effect on axon pearling.
From Science Daily • Dec. 2, 2024
Griswold also says she saw axon pearls in human brain tissue processed with high-pressure freezing, although she and her colleagues haven’t published that finding yet.
From Science Magazine • Dec. 2, 2024
“I have one more token of appreciation in mind, but for now I’d like to keep that a secret,” Mr. Griswold said.
From "Book Scavenger" by Jennifer Chambliss Bertman
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