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Stevenson

[ stee-vuhn-suhn ]

noun

  1. Ad·lai Ew·ing [ad, -ley , yoo, -ing], 1835–1914, vice president of the U.S. 1893–97.
  2. his grandson, Adlai E(wing), 1900–65, U.S. statesman and diplomat: ambassador to the U.N. 1960–65.
  3. Andrew, 1784–1857, U.S. politician: Speaker of the House 1827–34.
  4. Robert Louis Robert Lewis Balfour, 1850–94, Scottish novelist, essayist, and poet.


Stevenson

/ ˈstiːvənsən /

noun

  1. StevensonAdlai Ewing19001968MUSPOLITICS: statesman Adlai Ewing (ˈædleɪ ˈjuːɪŋ). 1900–68, US statesman: twice defeated as Democratic presidential candidate (1952; 1956); US delegate at the United Nations (1961–65)
  2. StevensonRobert Louis (Balfour)18501894MScottishWRITING: writer Robert Louis ( Balfour ). 1850–94, Scottish writer: his novels include Treasure Island (1883), Kidnapped (1886), and The Master of Ballantrae (1889)


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Stevenson then wheeled to third on Trea Turner’s flyout to right.

Authorities said Thomas and Stevenson were also charged with shooting two other men who were with Allen.

Human beings, as Stevenson’s work repeatedly shows us, are consistently inconsistent.

Stevenson said her concerns about the coronavirus led her to decide to remain at her sister’s home in Northern Virginia during the ceremony and watch it on TV.

“I just want to be in the same city as it is happening,” Stevenson said.

Russ told me, I remember, that he met Bacall during an Adlai Stevenson campaign.

Stevenson was struck by how information sometimes gradually came into focus for people.

Above the cliffs at Omaha Beach is the Normandy American Cemetery and Memorial, beautifully landscaped by Markely Stevenson.

A month before Kennedy was shot, Adlai Stevenson, the U.S. ambassador to the United Nations, was assaulted in Dallas.

In one, Adlai Stevenson explains, like a displaced Mafia don, why he feels angry at JFK, whose career he helped to advance.

If this be so, might not the Cauldwell charter chest contain some references to their Stevenson tenantry?

Mr. Skinner says he “thinks Mr. Stevenson must be a very kind man”; he little knows me.

Turn back to the paragraph from Stevenson and notice how little there is to it when reduced to bare outline.

Stevenson knew well who was telling the story; David is too good a story-teller to tell what he could not know.

Yet when handled as Stevenson and Irving handled it, description assists in accenting the mood of the action.

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