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Carmichael

American  
[kahr-mahy-kuhl] / ˈkɑr maɪ kəl /

noun

  1. Hoagland Howard Hoagy, 1899–1981, U.S. songwriter and musician.

  2. Stokely Kwame Ture, 1941–1998, U.S. civil rights leader, born in Trinidad: chairman of the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee 1966–67.

  3. a town in central California, near Sacramento.


Carmichael British  
/ kɑːˈmaɪkəl /

noun

  1. Hoaglund Howard (ˈhəʊɡlənd), known as Hoagy. 1899–1981, US pianist, singer, and composer of such standards as "Star Dust" (1929).

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Directing them is the Barbadian-born chef Paul Carmichael, who recently took New York fine dining in an all-too-rare direction: the Caribbean.

From The Wall Street Journal

“Younger folks, especially younger men, are looking to get rich quick and also to build ‘passive wealth’ — all of which I think goes back to the aspiration gap,” Carmichael said.

From MarketWatch

The chairman of the Environment Food and Rural Affairs Committee Alistair Carmichael MP later sent a letter questioning the "accuracy and intent" of his evidence.

From BBC

Makeba had been made stateless for her opposition to apartheid and after her marriage to Carmichael, who popularised the slogan "black power", her US visa was revoked.

From BBC

“Because there is this, like, funny or modern sound behind it, we can sort of talk about how these are real people living real lives,” Carmichael says of the paintings’ subjects.

From The Wall Street Journal