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Word: posthuma (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1950-1959
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...score of Dutch policemen surrounded a baronial house near Amsterdam before dawn one day last week, while seven others, led by Amsterdam Police Chief Jeremias Posthuma, knocked on the front door. The master of the manor, Count van Rechteren Limpurg, appeared. "We have come for Westerling," announced Chief Posthuma. "My guest left last night," said the count icily. The chief and his men went inside to see for themselves...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: THE NETHERLANDS: The Buccaneer | 4/28/1952 | See Source »

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