Acheson
Dean (Good·er·ham) [good-er-ham, -uhm], /ˈgʊd ərˌhæm, -əm/, 1893–1971, U.S. statesman: secretary of state 1949–53.
Edward Good·rich [good-rich], /ˈgʊd rɪtʃ/, 1856–1931, U.S. chemist.
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Acheson would later call these documents “shockers,” an understatement to say the least.
How the Truman Doctrine transformed America’s role in the world | A.J. Baime | December 4, 2020 | Washington Post“We had a couple martinis and an excellent dinner together,” Acheson said.
Attorney David C. Acheson was also appointed and was one of the committee members who worked most closely with Armstrong.
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.
Obama’s ‘No Containment’ AIPAC Speech Made War With Iran Inevitable | Michael Tomasky | March 6, 2012 | THE DAILY BEAST
Acheson, too, was anything but an anti-Semite and quite free of malevolence.
Mrs. Acheson roused herself to talk to the little girls, and was kindly anxious that Irene should not feel strange and unhappy.
A Flight with the Swallows | Emma MarshallIrene Packingham is coming because of a cough, and so is Mrs. Acheson, and really the only strong ones are the boys.
A Flight with the Swallows | Emma MarshallIngleby had now to go to Mrs. Acheson, and tell her that Dorothy was not coming home to luncheon.
A Flight with the Swallows | Emma MarshallIngleby kept back the expedition to Colla, and Mrs. Acheson asked no questions then.
A Flight with the Swallows | Emma MarshallAs it proved, the fright and long watching had a very serious effect on Mrs. Acheson.
A Flight with the Swallows | Emma Marshall
British Dictionary definitions for Acheson
/ (ˈætʃɪsən) /
Dean (Gooderham). 1893–1971, US lawyer and statesman: secretary of state (1949–53) under President Truman
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