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Adlai Stevenson may refer to:
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- ↑ Jean H. Baker, The Stevensons: A Biography of an American Family, W. W. Norton & Company, 1997, p. 466
- ↑ "Adlai E. Stevenson : Alumni Exhibit: Northwestern University Archives". exhibits.library.northwestern.edu. Retrieved December 1, 2014.
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