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Pow⋅ell

[pou-uhl for 1, 4, 5; poh-uhl, pou- for 2, 3]
–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. Co⋅lin [koh-lin, kol-in] , born 1937, 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, an artificial reservoir on the border of SE Utah and NE Arizona, on the Colorado River, formed by the construction of a dam (Glen Canyon Dam) (completed 1964). 186 mi. (300 km) long.
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Pow·ell   (pou'əl)   
American politician. A U.S. representative from New York (1945-1967 and 1969-1971), he was an outspoken advocate of civil rights.
Powell, Anthony Born 1905.  
British writer best known for A Dance to the Music of Time (1951-1975), a cycle of 12 satirical novels.
Powell, Cecil Frank 1903-1969.  
British physicist. He won a 1950 Nobel Prize for discovering methods of photographing atomic nuclei and for his study of mesons.
Powell, Colin Luther Born 1937.  
American general and politician who served as chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff (1989-1996) and as secretary of state (2001-2005).
Powell, Earl Known as "Bud." 1924-1966.  
American jazz pianist and composer who was a key figure in the bop movement.
Powell, John Wesley 1834-1902.  
American geologist and ethnologist who directed the U.S. Geological Survey (1881-1894) and classified many Native American languages.
Powell, Lewis Franklin, Jr. 1907-1998.  
American jurist who served as an associate justice of the U.S. Supreme Court (1971-1987).
Powell, Lake  
A reservoir of southern Utah and north-central Arizona formed by the Glen Canyon Dam on the Colorado River. It is the second-largest (after Lake Mead) artificial lake in the United States. The dam, built in 1964, is located in Arizona just south of the Utah border.
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