Word: theodorus
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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A.K.U.'s resurgence from this succession of disasters has been sparked largely by Johannes Meynen, 61, a tough, articulate lawyer who was Minister of War in The Netherlands' first postwar Cabinet. Recruited for A.K.U. in 1946 by fellow Cabinet minister (and A.K.U. director) Theodorus van Schaik, Meynen from the start preached what he called "the two-leg theory," insisted that A.K.U. must find another major product in addition to rayon. As he pushed the company pellmell into the manufacture of nylon, cellophane, viscose sponges, cable and insulation, Meynen's two-leg theory evolved into a "many legs...