Word: adlai
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...these speeches without hearing the voice, remembering the face on television, and tasting once again some of the partisanship of the campaign. Yet the voice was too high, the delivery too hesitant to add to the words themselves. In book form, the speeches make it even more clear that Adlai Stevenson's appeal lay almost entirely in what...
...secret of their greatness, then, cannot be seen unless their electoral purpose is disregarded. Adlai Stevenson was speaking not for the mass of voters but for the history books. His speeches are cool analyses of the roots of our present problems and stern guide posts to their solutions...
...Capitol Hill, men of both parties agreed with Texas' Lyndon Johnson, Senate minority leader: "The President is speaking with the true mind and heart of the American people." From far-off Singapore came the estimate of globe-trotting Adlai Stevenson: "An admirable . . . expression of the American position...
...armored car, Adlai Stevenson invaded the green depths of Malaya's Red-infested jungle to visit the village of Bukit Lanjan and see a tribe of Sakai, roving aborigines. The friendly little people had been warned that a tuan besar (great master) from over the sea would visit them. And for their visitor they had a gift: a 6-ft. blowpipe (which native marksmen use with rifle accuracy at 25 yards) and a supply of nonpoisonous darts. Said the pleased visitor: "It's the most exciting thing that has happened to me." Would he like...
...Democratic Party's globe-trotting standardbearer, Adlai Stevenson, arrived in Saigon for a six-day visit through Indo-China, including a three-hour luncheon conference with Vietnamese Chief of State Bao Dai. Later, at a luncheon in Phat Diem, south of Hanoi, Stevenson found a gambit for his humor in the tablecloth, decorated with an elephant. His host, Catholic Bishop Le Huu Tu, quickly explained: the elephant on the tablecloth was a native beast, no relation to the Republican species...