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Opinion | Relationship – NRC

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I cycle out of town. Many students are on their way home. Two boys are cycling in front of me. I catch a snatch. “No, I’m not in a relationship…

Opinion | Small change – NRC

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Just in front of the supermarket is a somewhat unkempt man. He speaks to people and also to me. If I have some spare change. “Sorry,” I say, “just a…

Opinion | Chairs – NRC

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While setting up nearly three hundred chairs for the Russian embassy in The Hague, two police officers came to ask how many people we expect at the protest. “In any…

Opinion | Electric – NRC

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My cousin in his late twenties asks if he can borrow my boat. When he comes to get the keys to the sloop, I advise him to keep an eye…

Opinion | Honorary chairman – NRC

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The meeting has been going on for a while when Piet, our honorary chairman, enters and takes his place in silence. He obviously doesn’t want to disturb the meeting. He…

Opinion | Old-fashioned handsome – NRC

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Although we app along nicely and also have a Facebook page, our grandchildren think we are old-fashioned. We read a newspaper. We watch TV and listen to radio. Today there…

Opinion | Fine – NRC

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I drive around the meadow on the tractor. The swath rake hurls the bone-dry grass into huge clouds of dust in straight rows. The sweltering heat ripples in the both…

Opinion | Bunch – NRC

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After more than two hours of cycling, the best was long gone, I am overtaken by a couple. She in front, he behind. With some effort I join. More than…