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Powell

[pou-uhl, poh-uhl]

noun

  1. Adam Clayton, Jr., 1908–72, U.S. clergyman, politician, and civil rights leader: congressman 1945–67, 1969–71.

  2. Anthony, 1905–2000, English author.

  3. Cecil Frank, 1903–69, English physicist: Nobel Prize 1950.

  4. Colin 1937–2021, U.S. general: chairman of Joint Chiefs of Staff 1989–96; secretary of state 2001–05.

  5. Earl Bud, 1924–66, U.S. jazz pianist and composer.

  6. John Wesley, 1834–1902, U.S. geologist and ethnologist.

  7. Lewis Franklin, Jr., 1907–1998, U.S. jurist: associate justice of the U.S. Supreme Court 1972–87.

  8. Lake Powell, an artificial reservoir on the border of southeastern Utah and northeastern Arizona, on the Colorado River, formed by the construction of a dam Glen Canyon Dam (completed 1964). 186 miles (300 km) long.



Powell

/ ˈpaʊəl /

noun

  1. Anthony ( Dymoke ˈdɪmək). 1905–2000, British novelist, best known for his sequence of novels under the general title A Dance to the Music of Time (1951–75)

  2. Cecil Frank. 1903–69, British physicist, who was awarded the Nobel prize for physics in 1950 for his discovery of the pi-meson

  3. Colin ( Luther ) (ˈcəʊlɪn). born 1937, US politician and general; Republican secretary of state (2001–05)

  4. Earl, known as Bud Powell. 1924–1966, US modern-jazz pianist

  5. ( John ) Enoch. 1912–98, British politician. An outspoken opponent of Commonwealth immigration into Britain and of British membership of the Common Market (now the European Union), in 1974 he resigned from the Conservative Party, returning to Parliament as a United Ulster Unionist Council member (1974–87)

  6. Michael. 1905–90, British film writer, producer, and director, best known for his collaboration (1942–57) with Emeric Pressburger. Films include The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp (1943), A Matter of Life and Death (1946), The Red Shoes (1948), and Peeping Tom (1960)

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Mr Powell has been involved in talks in Egypt in recent days, which included how to prevent Hamas playing a role in Gaza's future.

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Fed Chairman Jerome Powell made introductory remarks at the Community Bank Conference this morning, but nothing on monetary policy.

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But a substantial minority of seven officials penciled in no further reductions this year, highlighting a thorny consensus-building exercise facing Fed Chair Jerome Powell.

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Gold prices took another turn higher in August after Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell signaled the central bank would begin cutting interest rates at its meeting this week.

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The latest leg of the rally began in August, when Fed Chair Jerome Powell signaled that the central bank was ready to begin cutting interest rates in an economy with low unemployment and above-target inflation.

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