Harlan

[hahr-luhn]

noun

1. John Marshall, 1833–1911, U.S. jurist: associate justice of the U.S. Supreme Court 1877–1911.

2. his grandson John Marshall, 1899–1971, U.S. jurist: associate justice of the U.S. Supreme Court 1955–71.

Example Sentences

Oscar winner and literary champion Reese Witherspoon co-wrote her first novel, ‘Gone Before Goodbye,’ with bestselling thriller writer Harlan Coben.

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Now we have Reese Witherspoon, already a major force in American publishing, teaming up with Harlan Coben, one of the world’s biggest selling thriller writers, to create “Gone Before Goodbye,” a book that taps into our fascination with the follies of the impossibly rich at the same time that it ponders real questions about the ethics of social engineering via medical advances in organ regeneration.

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But this is Harlan Coben and Reese Witherspoon we’re talking about here, two formidable talents whose track record for delivering smart entertainment is unimpeachable.

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In her words, we hear echoes of Justice John Marshall Harlan in Plessy vs.

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Back in 1896, Harlan wrote: “The Constitution is colorblind.”

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