Deman

First Impression: The name Deman looks an awful lot like demon, which must be why people imagine Deman as an evil and selfish troublemaker with devilish features.

5-Star Baby Name Advisor Bruce Lansky 2008

First Impression: The name Deman looks an awful lot like demon, which must be why people imagine Deman as an evil and selfish troublemaker with devilish features.

5-Star Baby Name Advisor Bruce Lansky 2008

What the man meant to say — or possibly said but was somehow lost in a tobacco juiced translation — was Van Deman, a variety of pecan.

In Praise of Pecans (copy) ____Maggie 2008

What the man meant to say — or possibly said but was somehow lost in a tobacco juiced translation — was Van Deman, a variety of pecan.

Archive 2008-12-01 ____Maggie 2008

So an army major (Van Deman) started a collection point (CIP-Corps of Intelligence Police) for collating the data gathered by various sources.

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ACOSTA: The owner Vic Deman (ph) showed us the secret is under the hood.

CNN Transcript May 27, 2008 2008

But thus far, the only person who had captured the power of the index for that timeless practice of observing and analyzing the populace had been Ralph H. Van Deman, the man known in government circles as the “father of Military Intelligence.”

Savage Peace Ann Hagedorn 2007

Eventually Van Deman would have an index of about 85,000 cards.

Savage Peace Ann Hagedorn 2007

Van Deman was an astounding innovator in terms of government bureaucracy and funding, in addition to domestic surveillance.

Savage Peace Ann Hagedorn 2007

Van Deman preceded Marlborough Churchill as head of the MID and in fact was the person responsible for aggressively pushing the army and the War Department to create a separate division for intelligence, which they finally did in May of 1917.

Savage Peace Ann Hagedorn 2007