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Douglas Black (publisher)

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Douglas McCrae Black (July 25, 1895 – May 15, 1977) was an American lawyer and publishing house executive, president of Doubleday and Company from 1946–1963 and president of the American Book Publishers Council. [1]

16 relations: Bracket, Columbia Law School, Columbia University, Doubleday (publisher), Dwight D. Eisenhower, Edmund Wilson, Freedom of speech, Lolita, Mamie Eisenhower, Memoirs of Hecate County, Nelson Doubleday, Philolexian Society, President of the United States, Queens, St. Lawrence University, Vladimir Nabokov.

Bracket

A bracket is a tall punctuation mark typically used in matched pairs within text, to set apart or interject other text.

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Columbia Law School

Columbia Law School (often referred to as Columbia Law or CLS) is a professional graduate school of Columbia University, a member of the Ivy League.

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Columbia University

Columbia University (Columbia; officially Columbia University in the City of New York), established in 1754, is a private Ivy League research university in Upper Manhattan, New York City.

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Doubleday (publisher)

Doubleday is an American publishing company founded as Doubleday & McClure Company in 1897 that by 1947 was the largest in the United States.

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Dwight D. Eisenhower

Dwight David "Ike" Eisenhower (October 14, 1890 – March 28, 1969) was an American army general and statesman who served as the 34th President of the United States from 1953 to 1961.

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Edmund Wilson

Edmund Wilson (May 8, 1895 – June 12, 1972) was an American writer and critic who explored Freudian and Marxist themes.

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Freedom of speech

Freedom of speech is a principle that supports the freedom of an individual or a community to articulate their opinions and ideas without fear of retaliation, censorship, or sanction.

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Lolita

Lolita is a 1955 novel written by Russian American novelist Vladimir Nabokov.

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Mamie Eisenhower

Marie Geneva "Mamie" Doud Eisenhower (November 14, 1896 – November 1, 1979) was the wife of United States President Dwight D. Eisenhower, and the First Lady of the United States from 1953 to 1961.

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Memoirs of Hecate County

Memoirs of Hecate County is a work of fiction by Edmund Wilson, first published in 1946, but banned in the United States until 1959, when it was reissued with minor revisions by the author.

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Nelson Doubleday

Nelson Doubleday (June 16, 1889 – January 11, 1949) was a U.S. book publisher and president of Doubleday Company from 1922–1946.

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Philolexian Society

The Philolexian Society of Columbia University is one of the oldest college literary and debate societies in the United States, and the oldest student group at Columbia.

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President of the United States

The President of the United States (POTUS) is the head of state and head of government of the United States of America.

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Queens

Queens is the easternmost and largest in area of the five boroughs of New York City.

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St. Lawrence University

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Vladimir Nabokov

Vladimir Vladimirovich Nabokov (Влади́мир Влади́мирович Набо́ков, also known by the pen name Vladimir Sirin; 2 July 1977) was a Russian-American novelist, poet, translator and entomologist.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Douglas_Black_(publisher)

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