Definition of Averell Harriman

1. Noun. United States financier who negotiated a treaty with the Soviet Union banning tests of nuclear weapons (1891-1986).


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Literary usage of Averell Harriman

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. E.H. Harriman: A Biography by George Kennan (1922)
"In his presentation address Mr. Averell Harriman said: In accordance with a long-cherished plan of my father, to give to the State of New York, ..."

2. India and the United States: Estranged Democracies, 1941-1991 by Dennis Kux (1994)
"... met with Secretary of State Rusk, Secretary of Defense McNamara, CIA Director McCone, and key aides Averell Harriman, Phillips Talbot, and Robert Komer. ..."

3. Alaska by Edward Henry Harriman (1901)
"EDWARD H. HARRIMAN, patron of the expedition, Arden, NY Mrs. EH HARRIMAN. Miss MARY HARRIMAN. Miss CORNELIA HARRIMAN. CAROL HARRIMAN. Averell Harriman. ..."

4. The Other Side of the Table: the Soviet approach to arms control by Michael Mandelbaum (1990)
"... and the stage was set for new negotiations.56 In July 1963, Ambassador Averell Harriman and Lord Hailsham (Quinton Hogg) led US and British delegations, ..."

5. Alliance Adrift by Yoichi Funabashi (1999)
"After first marrying Winston Churchill's son, Pamela Harriman had married Averell Harriman, heir to the Harriman fortune and former ambassador to the Soviet ..."

6. Science by American Association for the Advancement of Science (1920)
"Those present at the annual meeting were: Thomas DeWitt Cuyler, Cleveland H. Dodge, Walter Douglas, Madison Grant, William Averell Harriman; ..."

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