Fwd: Call for Proposals

[Mullins, Bill AMRDEC]

Johns Hopkins Univ. is named after a founding benefactor, whose name was Johns 
Hopkins.
Strictly speaking, "Krogers" is Kroger (named after a Cincinnati grocer, Barney 
Kroger).  (My father and brother both worked there, and have drummed this into me).
 

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>Could be because you don't shop at Krogers, Meiers, Targets, Sears, etc...

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>>I always thought "John Hopkins" sounded much better than "Johns Hopkins".
>>But this may be a typo. Somebody could be turning in his grave.
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>>t.p.
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