Word: oliebollen
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...working side by side at the project. At the committee table, the white-haired Protestant dominee rubbed shoulders with the boyish Catholic priest, the leader of the socialist youth movement, and the bald-headed director of the bank. In Borculo kitchens, sweating huisvrouwen labored tirelessly, preparing thousands of doughnutlike oliebollen to sell for a quarter apiece. Every evening in the grammar-school gymnasium, lights burned far into the night while amateur Borculo acrobats sought in vain to match Butcher Bertus van Puffelen's marvelous tumbling feats. A crowd of giggling farm girls rehearsed a tableau vivant, and the village...
Last fortnight Borculo's efforts in aid of Warren reached a grand climax in four separate variety shows. With admission fees and the oliebollen sale at intermissions, they grossed 2,200 gulden ($830), more than twice what the committee hoped for. Even that, Borculo admitted, would not help much financially, but already the villagers had a scheme in mind to spend it so that all the citizens of resurrected Warren might benefit. They would turn it to furniture for a public building. Cabinetmaker Groot Landeweer thought a sturdy oak chair carved with Borculo's coat of arms would...
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