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Had she been given to genealogical investigation, the name Van Dyke might have recalled to this descendant of many hidalgos that foggy battle-field in the Netherlands on which her ancestor and his took pot-shots at each other with the primitive cross-bow.
Stanford Stories Tales of a Young University Will Irwin 1910
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He had the same high-bred features, the same wistful eyes, and hewore his beard and mustache in what was called the Van Dyke fashion, before Louis Napoleon gave it a new vogue as the "imperial."
Captain Macklin Richard Harding Davis 1890
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It would be inaccurate to call Van Dyke's take on historical analysis post-modern, as post-modern histories are generally impatient with the kind of meta-narrative embraced by Van Dyke's work.
Hawaii Reporter 2009
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Had the archive been around at the time, we might have been spared the vocal grotesqueries of actors such as Van Dyke and Sean Connery – who topped Empire magazine's poll of the worst accents in cinema history for their work on, respectively, Mary Poppins (1964) and The Untouchables (1987).
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I think what Amy is doing is huge because with the Internet, and with the communication that we have now, with her blogging, with things like Facebook and You Tube, we can show people firsthand what people experience in daily life, Van Dyke says.
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They saw the joy Van Dyke brought to his work and audience and gave him some extraordinary TV platforms for success.
Tom Alderman: From the Father of Our Country to the Brat Pack in Three Easy Biographies Tom Alderman 2011
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Achievable goalElisa Van Dyke is also impressed by Amy's mission.
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They saw the joy Van Dyke brought to his work and audience and gave him some extraordinary TV platforms for success.
Tom Alderman: From the Father of Our Country to the Brat Pack in Three Easy Biographies Tom Alderman 2011
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Achievable goalElisa Van Dyke is also impressed by Amy's mission.
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I think what Amy is doing is huge because with the Internet, and with the communication that we have now, with her blogging, with things like Facebook and You Tube, we can show people firsthand what people experience in daily life, Van Dyke says.
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