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unusual facts about Donald E. Noble


The Wooster Book Company

Under the trade name “The Wooster Book Company,” its first title, a corporate history of Rubbermaid, written by retired Rubbermaid CEO and Chairman of the Board, Donald E. Noble, was released in 1996.


7th World Science Fiction Convention

Don Ford carried out the duties of Chairman, but was officially Secretary-Treasurer; Charles R. Tanner had the honorary title of Chairman.

Backpage

Companies H&M, IKEA and Barnes & Noble cancelled ads for publications owned by then-Backpage owner Village Voice Media.

Bank Shot

It was loosely based upon Donald E. Westlake's novel of the same name, and was the second book of his Dortmunder series.

Ben Shneiderman

Shneiderman has been criticized by others for over-promoting technology beyond its effective use, including by David F. Noble.

Bryan Cave

Counseled Barnes & Noble, the bookseller, on its $596 million purchase of Barnes & Noble College Booksellers Inc., a division that had been spun off from Barnes & Noble in the mid-1980s.

Bunkie, Louisiana

The Bunkie physician, Donald E. Hines, is a former member of the Louisiana State Senate who served from 2004 to 2008 as the Senate president.

Charles Scribner's Sons Building

Declining business forced the Scribner's Bookstore to relocate to a lower-rent district in New York before it was acquired by Barnes & Noble, Inc. The building has subsequently housed Brentano's bookstore, a Benetton clothing store, and presently Sephora, a cosmetics retailer.

David Lanz

In an interview with Barnes & Noble, Lanz stated that he wanted to create an atmosphere similar to that of Steven Halpern's music, but with a "more popular hook in it".

Donald E. Ballard

Sent to Vietnam, Ballard served as a corpsman in the Quang Tri province with Company M, 3rd Battalion, 4th Marines (Mike 3/4) of the 3rd Marine Division.

Donald E. Belfi

His voluntary activities included serving as commissioner of Rockville Centre Little League, and as a member of the Knights of Columbus, the Association for the Help of Retarded Children, and the St. Agnes Cathedral Parish Council.

Donald E. Edwards

After his military retirement General Edwards served on the staff of U.S. Representative Bernie Sanders for two years.

Donald E. Graham

In 1994, Graham was responsible for “a heavy blow to the newspaper’s credibility” (WaPo ombudsman on October 9, 1994), when he successfully lobbied Senator John Danforth for a special provision, favoring Washington Post Co.'s cell phone holdings, in the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT) treaty.

Donald E. Hillman

He graduated from Broadway High School, and attended the University of Washington for a short time before transferring to Virginia Military Academy.

Donald E. Hines

Term-limited in the Senate, Hines was succeeded by his fellow Democrat Eric LaFleur of Ville Platte in Evangeline Parish.

Donald E. Wilkes Jr.

A graduate of the University of Florida (B.A., 1965; J.D., 1969) Wilkes became Professor of Law at the University of Georgia in 1971, a post he has held ever since.

Donald E. Williams

During the mission the crew successfully deployed the Galileo spacecraft, starting its journey to explore Jupiter, operated the Shuttle Solar Backscatter Ultraviolet Instrument (SSBUV) to map atmospheric ozone, and performed numerous secondary experiments involving radiation measurements, polymer morphology, lightning research, microgravity effects on plants, and a student experiment on ice crystal growth in space.

Donald E. Williams, Jr.

Senator Williams was the News and Public Affairs Director for WINY radio in Putnam, Connecticut, from 1980 to 1983.

Donald Pease

Donald E. Pease, professor of English, Dartmouth College and Director of the Futures of American Studies Institute

Eddy current

In the late 1950s, solid-state versions were developed by Donald E. Bently at Bently Nevada Corporation.

Eric LaFleur

Newton's grandfather, Donald E. Hines, a Bunkie physician and the Democratic Senate President from 2004 to 2008, retired from the legislature.

Farey sequence

Ronald L. Graham, Donald E. Knuth, and Oren Patashnik, Concrete Mathematics: A Foundation for Computer Science, 2nd Edition (Addison-Wesley, Boston, 1989); in particular, Sec. 4.5 (pp. 115–123), Bonus Problem 4.61 (pp. 150, 523–524), Sec. 4.9 (pp. 133–139), Sec. 9.3, Problem 9.3.6 (pp. 462–463).

Great Lakes Life Magazine

In its first two years, Erie Life Magazine saw an unprecedented growth, increasing distribution from only 25 small, independent retail locations to over 640 big box retail points in four states and southern Ontario including Barnes & Noble, Borders, Wegmans Food Markets, Walmart, Walgreens, Country Fair, Giant Eagle Grocery Stores, Chapters, and Indigo Books and Music.

Henry R. Towne

Noble, David F. America by Design: Science, Technology, and the Rise of Corporate Capitalism.

Julius Thompson

He has had book signings in the following book stores: Barnes & Noble, Borders, Chapter 11, Books-A-Million and many others.

Levi F. Noble

He also is remembered for his studies of Precambrian and Paleozoic rocks of the Grand Canyon and as the first to prepare a detailed geologic map of a large part of Grand Canyon National Park.

Lovers Speak

Lydia Vanderloo of Barnes & Noble called Lovers Speak a "confident, understated album that spotlights the depth of Armatrading's voice and verse".

Mackinac Island Press

The book was featured across the country by Barnes & Noble and featured on Fox & Friends morning show, the Chicago Tribune, Associated Press and other media outlets and reached a top 50 ranking at Amazon and BN.com.

Magnetar

Peter Douglas Ward, Donald Brownlee Rare Earth: Why Complex Life Is Uncommon in the Universe.

Marvel Masterworks

The "B&N" category shows if a Barnes & Noble trade paperback is available (only 12 were published).

In 2002, Marvel partnered with Barnes & Noble to produce lower-priced trade-paperback (typically US $12.95) versions of selected Masterworks volumes.

Mein Kampf

In 1999, the Simon Wiesenthal Center documented that major Internet booksellers such as Amazon.com and Barnesandnoble.com sell Mein Kampf to Germany.

Opry Mills

Prior to its temporary 2010-2012 closure, Opry Mills was a single level mall that contained over 200 stores (although no department stores), including Bass Pro Shops, Blacklion, Bed Bath & Beyond, Gibson Showcase, Saks Fifth Avenue Off 5th, and Barnes & Noble.

Publishing

As of early 2011 Amazon's Kindle reading device is a significant force in the market, along with the Apple iPad and the Nook from Barnes & Noble.

Rosa Parks v. LaFace Records

(Also named as defendants were several parties not directly connected to the songs, including Barnes & Noble and Borders Group for selling the songs, and Gregory Dark and Braddon Mendelson, the director and producer, respectively, of the 1998 music video. The judge dismissed the music video producers from the case by the reason of "fraudulent joinder," as these defendants had no connection to the case and there was no justifiable reason for the plaintiff's attorneys to add them to the lawsuit.)

ShopSavvy

The application has partnerships with over 40,000 retailers, including Barnes & Noble, Best Buy, Nordstrom, Sears, Target, and Walmart.

South Hills Village

Businesses located just outside the mall include Eat 'N Park, Carmike 10 Theater, First Niagara Bank, and a Barnes & Noble Bookstore (This appears to be part of the mall, but is only accessible from outside.)

Terry Burrows

Best known as a performer under the pseudonym Yukio Yung, Burrows is also a prolific author of books relating to music tuition, technology, business, popular psychology and history - including KISS Guide to Playing Guitar (Dorling Kindersley), Total Guitar Tutor (Barnes & Noble), and Play Electric Guitar (St Martin's Press).

Thomas Gardiner Corcoran

Dempsey and Corcoran managed the take-over of New York radio station WMCA for Corcoran's friend, Undersecretary of Commerce Edward J. Noble.

Vantiv

Vantiv maintains a number of relationships with large and small merchants including Barnes & Noble, Dollar General, The Kroger Company, Walgreens, Kohl’s, Macy’s, Inc and T.J. Maxx, and restaurants including In-N-Out Burger, T.G.I. Friday’s, Wendy’s International, Inc.and Bob Evans.

Warren P. Noble

He was elected as a Democrat to both the Thirty-seventh and Thirty-eighth Congresses (March 4, 1861 - March 3, 1865), but was an unsuccessful candidate for reelection to the Thirty-ninth Congress.

William H. Noble

He was an unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1838 to the Twenty-sixth Congress.

XE Mobile

Targeting typical college campus stores, internet merchants, and larger national businesses such as Urban Outfitters, Target Corporation and Barnes & Noble.


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