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At a diplomatic dinner party in Washington last week, one of the town's most-often-asked questions popped up: Who will be Jack Kennedy's Secretary of State? One guest mentioned Adlai Stevenson as a possibility, drew a startlingly emphatic response from sometime (1949-53) Secretary of State Dean Acheson. "That," said Acheson, "would be disastrous."

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