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Van Zeeland

American  
[vahn zey-lahnt] / vɑn ˈzeɪˌlɑnt /

noun

  1. Paul 1893–1973, Belgian statesman: premier 1935–37.


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Gloomed Van Zeeland: "I wish the next few weeks were already past."

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Van Zeeland is acute enough to realize that the two little countries must work together for their own good.

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He was irritated, however, by the globetrotting reminiscences of Foreign Minister Paul Van Zeeland, ex-Premier Paul-Henri Spaak, and other colleagues.

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He backed the economic rationalist, Paul Van Zeeland, as Belgian Premier as long as he could, and tried to realize free trade in the Oslo Group of small Northwestern nations.

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Belgium's Paul Van Zeeland thought that abandoning EPC would be like "a procession at Echternach," where annually, on Whit-Tuesdays, the townsfolk march through the streets taking five steps forward, three steps back.

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