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Van Dusen is a lanky 20-year-old who isn't overpowering but has great offspeed stuff.

USATODAY.com - AL prospects worth following 2002

In the 1880 census, there were 3,000 heads of household with the name Van Dusen - or Van Deusen, Van Deursen, Van Duzer and other common variants - all, the experts say, traceable back to Abraham the miller.

NYT > Home Page By ALISON LEIGH COWAN 2011

In the 1880 census, there were 3,000 heads of household with the name Van Dusen - or Van Deusen, Van Deursen, Van Duzer and other common variants - all, the experts say, traceable back to Abraham the miller.

NYT > Home Page By ALISON LEIGH COWAN 2011

In the 1880 census, there were 3,000 heads of household with the name Van Dusen - or Van Deusen, Van Deursen, Van Duzer and other common variants - all, the experts say, traceable back to Abraham the miller.

NYT > Home Page By ALISON LEIGH COWAN 2011

Early this month, Ms. Van Dusen learned she had won her case.

Stray Cat Strut: Woman Beats IRS Laura Saunders 2011

Ms. Van Dusen, 59 years old, is a former family-law attorney living in Oakland, Calif., who lives alone in a 1,500-square-foot home in a modest neighborhood, with seven cats of her own.

Stray Cat Strut: Woman Beats IRS Laura Saunders 2011

Ms. Van Dusen knew little about tax law before the trial, but represented herself because she couldn't afford a lawyer.

Stray Cat Strut: Woman Beats IRS Laura Saunders 2011

When Jan Van Dusen appeared before a U.S. Tax Court judge and a team of Internal Revenue Service lawyers more than a year ago, there was more at stake than her tax deduction for taking care of 70 stray cats.

Stray Cat Strut: Woman Beats IRS Laura Saunders 2011

As a volunteer for Fix Our Ferals, whose mission is to trap stray cats, neuter them and care for them until they can be adopted by owners or released, Ms. Van Dusen provided foster care for about 70 feral cats.

Stray Cat Strut: Woman Beats IRS Laura Saunders 2011

Ms. Van Dusen tried to take the deductions on her 2004 tax return, but the IRS considered them nondeductible personal expenses and "wouldn't budge," said Ms. Van Dusen.

Stray Cat Strut: Woman Beats IRS Laura Saunders 2011