Word: adlai
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...these pressures were not overwhelming. Against them stood good reasons why Adlai Stevenson should make no definite pronouncement now. If he did so, various political leaders would be under great and unwelcome pressure to declare for or against him. They would rather wait for sentiment to jell...
Afterwards, asked if Adlai Stevenson might consider running for the U.S. Senate next year, Steve Mitchell snapped: "We don't play in the minors...
Until the Democratic Party meets a year hence to nominate its candidate for President, the U.S. political grassroots are in for a real combing. Last week, in a symbolic scene, Presidential Hopeful Averell Harriman and Presidential Hopeful Adlai Stevenson met at Stevenson's Libertyville (Ill.) farm, sat on white wicker chairs and gazed around at the smooth lawns. In a tone that meant he was merely being polite, Ave murmured: "Your grass is greener than mine." Adlai said nothing; he just chuckled...
...nearby Chicago most U.S. state governors, attending their annual conference and busily swapping guesses on 1956, agreed that Adlai's grass was indeed the greener-but that Ave's had considerable promise...
...learned that he had won an other. The pollster reported that among New York Democrats, 76% are foursquare behind Averell Harriman for President, only 19% favor Adlai Stevenson (a diehard 1% named Jim Farley, while 4% are undecided). The Boss of Tammany Hall was immensely gratified to receive the glad-but not unpredictable-tidings...