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Word: mijnheer (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1948-1948
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...Communists feel? Mijnheer van der Meulen was regretful. "I would like to be helpful," he said; "we used to have some Communists in the plant. But now we have only one left, and I'm afraid you cannot meet him. We've given him some time off. You see, this week he celebrated his fiftieth anniversary with the company...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: ECONOMICS: Galveston v. Peat Bogs | 12/13/1948 | See Source »

...Both Mijnheer van der Meulen's increased production schedules and Burgomaster Witschey's civic improvement plans are regarded as encouraging in Nijverdal. But "Marshall help" means something more personal than that. A slippered housewife made the point succinctly. "From 1931 to 1936," she said, "there wasn't much work at the mill. Jan dug peat. Almost the whole town dug peat. If Jan loses his job again, I don't think we would get over...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: ECONOMICS: Galveston v. Peat Bogs | 12/13/1948 | See Source »

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