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Acheson   /ˈætʃəsən/   Listen
Acheson

noun
1.
United States statesman who promoted the Marshall Plan and helped establish NATO (1893-1971).  Synonyms: Dean Acheson, Dean Gooderham Acheson.



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"Acheson" Quotes from Famous Books



... Pylotte. "Attempts to thus manufacture diamonds have frequently been made. A Mr. Acheson, of Pittsburg, while so engaged, and in obtaining graphite from coal by the heat of an electric furnace, discovered that combination of silicon and carbon now known as carborundum, which has commercial value ...
— With Links of Steel • Nicholas Carter


Words linked to "Acheson" :   statesman, Acheson process, solon, national leader


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