About half of the Dutch roster is from Holland and the others from his native island of Curacao.

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That is 400 times the accepted limit in Holland, say scientists at a Dutch laboratory, the nearest facility that could test for dioxins and related chemicals. (The tainted fat was also found to contain 781 parts per trillion of dioxin - 1, 500 times higher than the Dutch safe level.) That was then.

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When the Nazis took Holland during the Second World War, the Dutch Royal Family escaped to Canada and made Ottawa their home-in-exile.

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Former Dutch parliamentarian Ayaan Hirsi Ali was forced to flee Holland and live surrounded by bodyguards for the past six years because she has made an issue of Islamic oppression of women and girls.

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The modern form is said to have been introduced to Britain by soldiers who had drunk it in Holland during the Eighty Years' War (hence the expression "Dutch Courage").

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The Kennemerland, a Dutch East India Company merchant ship that was outward bound from Holland to the East Indies.

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Dutch legend Ruud Gullit says bikes and being small is why Holland and Belgium would be great World Cup hosts.

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His first steps in that direction came at De Graafschap, Holland, where he was assistant manager before moving to the same role at Dutch giants PSV Eindhoven.

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Verkaik, a Dutch actress who has played the role of Elphaba in versions of "Wicked" in Germany and Holland, last month made her debut on Broadway as the green-skinned witch for a 15-week stint.

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