Word: springfields
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...West Springfield, Mass...
...Springfield, Ohio...
...late Bishop James A. Griffin of the Roman Catholic diocese of Springfield denounced a passage from Stoddard's book. The Meaning of Intelligence: "Manmade concepts such as devils, witches, taboos, hellfire, original sin . . . and divine revelation . . . have distorted the intellectual processes of millions." Unitarian Stoddard protested that, taken as a whole, his book urged a "return to religion." Gradually, the storm blew over, but it was never forgotten...
...tempered, sometimes highhanded man, President Stoddard was anything but a diplomat with legislators. Complained one trustee: "How would you like to go to Springfield to get some money from the legislature and be asked by everybody in the corridors: 'When are you going to fire Stoddard...
Testimonial. In Adelaide, Australia, explaining why the Springfield Brewery lost $38,354 in 1952, Board Chairman P. B. Angas Parsons -told shareholders: "The beer . . . was something appalling, just dreadful. Some of it was completely undrinkable, a good substitute for vinegar...