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Powell

American  
[pou-uhl, poh-uhl] / ˈpaʊ əl, ˈpoʊ əl /

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 British  
/ 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)

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But the signal that matters, they say, will come from Powell’s tone, particularly “how much Powell keeps the door open to future cuts.”

From Barron's

Nevertheless Wall Street will be eager to hear from Jerome Powell, in his last few months as Fed Chair, for clues about how long the Federal Reserve plans to hold rates steady.

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“To date, they assured us, no identifiable patient information has been received, and now it cannot be,” said Amy Powell, with Lawyers for Good Government.

From Los Angeles Times

The pressure ramped up on Powell this month when the administration issued subpoenas hinting at a possible probe into a $2.5 billion renovation of the Fed headquarters.

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The Justice Department is separately investigating Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell over disclosures related to renovations at the Fed’s headquarters.

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