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Stevenson

[stee-vuhn-suhn]

noun

  1. Adlai Ewing 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

/ ˈپːəԲə /

noun

  1. 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. 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 High in Monterey won the team title.

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“I don’t know,” Stevenson said after the panel at the Punk Rock Museum.

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They married, and their life in Hartford, Conn., padded by Livy’s family wealth, was a gracious dream, as the greatest of Twain’s age — Grant, Robert Louis Stevenson, Helen Keller — sought his company.

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Stevenson, who runs the remediation nonprofit, said it’s important to also test the plants you’re using, to ensure they’re pulling toxins out of the soil.

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It was the eve of the 1956 presidential election fought between Dwight Eisenhower and Adlai Stevenson.

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