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Van Paassen

American  
[vahn pah-suhn] / vɑn ˈpɑ sən /

noun

  1. Pierre Pieter Anthonie Laurusse, 1895–1968, U.S. journalist, author, and clergyman; born in the Netherlands.


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Pierre Van Paassen, no Jew but a longtime friend of Zionism, set up his committee to seek, through U.S. pressure, what Britain has thus far refused.

From Time Magazine Archive

Like many Unitarians, tall, wide-eyed Van Paassen was born in another faith,* like many he came from a family of clergymen.

From Time Magazine Archive

Van Paassen wandered in wartime Paris like a man in a city of tombs.

From Time Magazine Archive

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