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vandyke
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Van Dyck, Vandyke
Sir Anthony. 1599--1641, Flemish painter; court painter to Charles I of England (1632--41). He is best known for his portraits of the aristocracy

vandyke [van′dīk]
(graphic arts)
A process used for photocopying; the material is paper-sensitized with ferric iron and silver salts and then exposed to strong light; upon processing, a negative print of white lines on a brown background results; from this a brown-line print can be made.


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In the City of London it has become almost conventional to rank Lord Richardson with that most legendary Governor of the interwar years, Montague Norman, still recalled as a handsome, shy and fascinating man with a trim Vandyke beard, probably wrongly judged as the Governor who crucified industry on a cross of gold, by putting Britain back on the gold standard at an exchange rate where it just could not compete in world trade.
Bulganin, dapper beneath his white quiff and Vandyke beard, dangled a tiny hand.
Failing that, alert your personnel department to be on the lookout for fortyish types with wispy, gray hair and neatly manicured Vandyke beards who use words such as "dysfunctional" and "grieving.
 
 
 
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