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Adlai may refer to:

  • A character in the Bible, the father of Shaphat, and the grandfather of the prophet Elisha.
  • Adlai, West Virginia
  • The first name of Adlai E. Stevenson I, Grover Cleveland's Vice President.
  • The first name of Adlai E. Stevenson II, grandson of the above entry, former Governor of Illinois, and unsuccessful Presidential candidate.
  • The first name of Adlai E. Stevenson III, son of the above entry, and former Senator from Illinois.
  • The first name of Adlai E. Stevenson IV, son of the above entry, business executive and former journalist.
  • The colloquial name of an annual collegiate debating competition held by Princeton University's American Whig-Cliosophic Society as part of the American Parliamentary Debate Association.
  • A term for the grain Job's Tears.
  • Stevenson High School (Lincolnshire, Illinois)

Usage examples of "adlai".

Title: Something of Men I Have Known With Some Papers of a General Nature, Political, Historical, and Retrospective Author: Adlai E.

James Stevenson and Adlai Ewing, with their immediate families and others of their kindred, had in the early days of the century, after a long and perilous journey, finally reached the famous Spring already mentioned.

Then one hot September night I attended a meeting of ardent Adlai supporters like myself, and a tall sandy-haired young man took the floor.

McCloy, George Meany, Madame Pandit, Paul Reynaud, Eleanor Roosevelt, Adlai Stevenson.

I had been on it once, and caused a nasty scene by calling Adlai Stevenson a professional liar when all the other guests were there to publicize some kind of Stevenson Memorial.

Eisenhower beat his Democratic rival, Adlai Stevenson, in the US presidential election, and in Hollywood, one of the few bright moments in a dull year was the debut appearance of a stunning blond starlet named Marilyn Monroe.

Even before Eisenhower had returned from Europe, two-time Democratic rival Adlai E.

But even while the CIA hawks were plotting their campaign of sabotage, a group of Kennedy administration doves, including UN Ambassador Adlai Stevenson, were working on another track.

As a grandfather I must believe that the eloquence of my friend, Adlai Stevenson, will not only survive in history .

President Kennedy did forty years ago when he sent Adlai Stevenson to show the world U.