Adlai
Americannoun
Example Sentences
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Democrat Adlai Stevenson and Republican Thomas Dewey ran twice and lost twice.
From Los Angeles Times
It was the eve of the 1956 presidential election fought between Dwight Eisenhower and Adlai Stevenson.
From Salon
One might make certain assumptions as to where on the spectrum certain characters fall — and there are hints, such as Mullen relating something Adlai Stevenson once told him, and a photo showing him with Bono and the Edge.
From Los Angeles Times
“We like Ike” was turned into Roy O. Disney’s hugely successful animated TV campaign commercial, “I Like Ike,” helping the guy good at the mike win in a landslide over Adlai Stevenson.
From Los Angeles Times
Political attack ads came to television in the 1950s, alongside the rise of the medium, and by the 1952 presidential race between Republican Dwight Eisenhower and Democrat Adlai Stevenson, they were already a fixture.
From Slate
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