Van Doren
Americannoun
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Carl, 1885–1950, U.S. writer.
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his brother Mark, 1894–1972, U.S. writer and critic.
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Dr. Van Doren said policies that reduce or eliminate light from buildings were a simple way to reduce bird deaths.
From New York Times • Jun. 18, 2024
Lauck assigns most of the blame for this attitude to scholarly nabobs like Carl Van Doren, who led a “revolt from the village” sentiment that characterized the region as suffused with retrograde Babbittry.
From Washington Post • Dec. 7, 2022
The late Paul Van Doren cofounded the company; the Beatles and Frida Kahlo kept us coming back for more.
From Los Angeles Times • May 18, 2021
Paul Van Doren, 90, co-founder of Vans, a shoe brand that became a multibillion-dollar action-sports empire thanks to the SoCal skate community and a focus on custom kicks, died May 6.
From Seattle Times • May 14, 2021
The most recent and authoritative account is to be found in "The Cambridge History of American Literature," 3 volumes edited by Trent, Erskine, Sherman, and Van Doren.
From The American Spirit in Literature : a chronicle of great interpreters by Perry, Bliss
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