Sir John Carew 1903–97, Australian physiologist: Nobel Prize in Medicine 1963.
Marriner Stoddard 1890–1977, U.S. economist and banker.
ecclesiastic.
ecclesiastical.
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Eccles played a pivotal role in a clash with Truman over how much authority the White House should have in setting interest rates, a confrontation that ultimately secured the Fed’s modern independence.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 27, 2026
The four-day event will run from 25 –28 March at independent venues including Manchester's Band on the Wall, YES and Eccles Town Hall Ballroom.
From BBC ● Feb. 10, 2026
“Pickpocket” also happened to be the last narrative feature to premiere at the Eccles Theater.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 30, 2026
Eccles left the Fed three years later after playing a pivotal role in a clash with Truman over how much authority the White House should have in setting rates.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 29, 2026
In the days when such men as Draper, Sullivan, Baldwin and Eccles were at the Bar, it was something to stand among the foremost.
From The Canadian Portrait Gallery - Volumes 1 to 4 by Dent, John Charles
Spenser. dim. diminutive. opp. opposed. subj. subjunctive. dub. doubtful. opt. optics. suff. suffix. eccles. ecclesiastical history. orig. originally. superl. superlative. e.g. for example. ornith. ornithology. surg. surgery. elect. electricity.
From Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 1 of 4: A-D) by Various
Fellow taxi driver Stuart Ryan said of Mr Henning, also known as Gadget: "He's the greatest man you'd ever meet. Gadget is the taxi driver of Eccles. Everybody knows him."
From BBC ● Sep. 16, 2014
Of this any one may assure himself by referring to Eccles. v.
From Ancient Faiths And Modern A Dissertation upon Worships, Legends and Divinities by Inman, Thomas
Then consider, what a beautiful rectitude and uprightness, what a comely order and subordination would ensue upon this light, and make his will and affections wonderfully good “God made man upright,” Eccles. vii.
From The Works of the Rev. Hugh Binning by Binning, Hugh
A second text abused, for supporting their forementioned principle, is Eccles. x, 4: "If the spirit of the ruler rise up against thee, leave not thy place, for yielding pacifieth great offenses."
From Act, Declaration, & Testimony for the Whole of our Covenanted Reformation, as Attained to, and Established in Britain and Ireland; Particularly Betwixt the Years 1638 and 1649, Inclusive by Presbytery, The Reformed
So again, "God shall bring every work into judgment, with every secret thing, whether it be good or whether it be evil," Eccles. xi.
From The Pharisee and Publican by Bunyan, John
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