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Word: flat-bottom (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1969-1969
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...Resistance Man. Mansholt, a farm-bred fellow who spends his free time sailing his flat-bottom Dutch fishing boat, has never retreated from a fight. He became a wartime resistance hero during the German occupation, later was The Netherlands' agriculture minister before moving to Brussels as a Common Market vice president in 1957. An impassioned Eurocrat, he has repeatedly tangled with Charles de Gaulle's government, which blocked his nomination for the Common Market presidency...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Common Market: The Farmer's Dutch Uncle | 1/3/1969 | See Source »

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