Acheson
[ach-uh-suh n]
- Dean (Good·er·ham) [goo d-er-ham, -uh m] /ˈgʊd ərˌhæm, -əm/, 1893–1971, U.S. statesman: secretary of state 1949–53.
- Edward Good·rich [goo d-rich] /ˈgʊd rɪtʃ/, 1856–1931, U.S. chemist.
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Contemporary Examples
“We had a couple martinis and an excellent dinner together,” Acheson said.
For an engineer and an astronaut, Acheson said, Armstrong was not half bad wielding a pen.
Acheson also persuaded Senate Foreign Relations Committee chairman Arthur Vandenberg, a Republican, to back Truman on this.
Acheson, too, was anything but an anti-Semite and quite free of malevolence.
Historical Examples
I asked Mr. Acheson if he could make diamonds in his furnaces.
Boys' Second Book of InventionsRay Stannard Baker
Perhaps you would like to go down to the drawing-room to mother and Mrs. Acheson.
The Girls of St. Wode'sL. T. Meade
You really do run to the fair with the thing, replied Mrs. Acheson.
The Girls of St. Wode'sL. T. Meade
Friends of mine of the name of Acheson asked me to stay with them for a week.
The Girls of St. Wode'sL. T. Meade
My dear, said Mrs. Acheson eagerly, Miss Colchester has arrived.
The Girls of St. Wode'sL. T. Meade
Acheson
- Dean (Gooderham). 1893–1971, US lawyer and statesman: secretary of state (1949–53) under President Truman
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