The Dutch-born Meulens' mother is Dominican, so he had fans on both sides for this one.

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The Classic draws yachtsmen like Kozlowski and Ronald de Waal , the Dutch-born vice chairman of Saks who owns the equally heart-knocking J-boat Velsheda.

FORBES: Two Sheets to the Wind

Though not so private as his architectural counterpart, the Dutch-born "plantsman" (as he humbly calls himself) is also something of an ascetic, living and working far from the madding crowd in a bucolic retreat.

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The director, Anton Corbijn, a Dutch-born still photographer, works in a disciplined, Precisionist style dry, hard-focus color (Martin Ruhe is the cinematographer) and long stretches of silence (the occasional gunshots are as startling as a sudden crack across the kneecap).

NEWYORKER: The American

Two years ago, Corus, an Anglo-Dutch firm born from the merger of British Steel and Hoogovens, found itself, uneasily, with a new big shareholder, Alisher Usmanov, another of the steel oligarchs.

ECONOMIST: Russian steel

Our term "still life" (from the Dutch still-liven) was effectively born with the genre.

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One of the first Dutch cabinet member from born outside the country - Surinam-born Philomena Bijlhout, who becomes Secretary of State for Families and Emancipation - is also from the LPF.

BBC: Dutch centre-right takes office

Reekers and Bas Zuiderent began the Dutch innings with a stand of 66 but they, together with South Africa-born debutant Eric Szwarczynski (10), fell to Dilhara Fernando during a spell of 3-27 from the paceman.

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Writing in the Dutch paper De Telegraaf, Cruyff said Rita Verdonk's decision not to grant the Ivorian-born player citizenship contributed to their early exit from the tournament.

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