Adlai
Americannoun
Example Sentences
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Despite the book’s success, not all approved: “I find Paul appealing and Peale appalling,” quipped the late Adlai E. Stevenson, the Democratic presidential nominee in 1952 and 1956.
From Washington Times
That first evening, patrons — Jackie Kennedy, Nelson Rockefeller, Dean Rusk and Adlai Stevenson among them — mounted escalators to an auditorium that was a symphony in deep blue and gold, with swooping balconies.
From New York Times
One recalls Adlai Stevenson, the 1952 presidential candidate who was famously derided as an “egghead.”
From Seattle Times
Gov. Adlai Stevenson vetoed the bill.
From New York Times
He recalled that “the first time I ever saw my mother cry was the night that Adlai Stevenson lost in 1952.”
From New York Times
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