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Contents 1 People 2 Fictional characters 3 Places 4 Businesses 5 Communications 6 Economics 7 Government 8 International political system 9 Literature 10 Mathematics 11 Philosophy 12 Publications 13 Religion 14 See also

[edit] People

Surname (last name)

• Ed Powers (b. 1954), an American pornographic film director, producer, and actor
• Gary Powers (1929-1977), an American pilot
• Hiram Powers (1805-1873), an American sculptor
• J. F. Powers (1917-1999), an American writer
• John A. Powers (1923-1980), a United States Air Force officer and National Aeronautics and Space Administration spokesman
• John R. Powers (b. 1945), an American novelist and playwright
• Johnny Powers (b. 1943), a Canadian professional wrestler
• Lauren Powers (b. 1961), an American actress, amateur bodybuilder, and firefighter
• Mala Powers (1931-2007), an American actress
• Millard Powers (b. 1965), an American musician, songwriter, record producer, and recording engineer
• Oswald A. Powers (1915-1942), United States Navy officer and Navy Cross recipient
• Patrick Powers (volleyball) (b. 1958), an American volleyball player
• Patrick T. Powers (1860-1925), an American minor league baseball executive
• PJ Powers (b. 1960), a South African singer also known as Penelope Jane Dunlop and as Thandeka
• Richard Powers (b. 1957), an American novelist
• Richie Powers (1930-1998), an American professional basketball referee
• Ron Powers (b. 1941), an American journalist, novelist, and non-fiction writer
• Stefanie Powers (b. 1942), an American actress and singer
• Tim Powers (b. 1952), an American author
• Tom Powers (1890-1957), an American actor

Given name (first name)

• Powers Boothe (b. 1948), an American actor

[edit] Fictional characters

• Austin Powers, a movie character

[edit] Places

• Powers, Indiana, a small town in the United States

[edit] Businesses

• Powers (whiskey), a brand of Irish whiskey
• Powers Accounting Machine Company, an American tabulating machine company in business from 1911 to 1927

[edit] Communications

• Power (communication), power in interpersonal communication

[edit] Economics

• Economic power has several meanings, including:
  • Purchasing power, the amount of goods and services a given amount of money can buy
  • Bargaining power or market power or monopoly power, the ability to influence the setting of prices or wages, or to restrict the amount of production, sales, or employment, or the quality of a good or a service; and, in the case of monopoly, the ability to exclude competitors from the market.

[edit] Government

• Separation of powers, a model for the governance of democratic states

[edit] International political system

[edit] Literature

• Powers, one of the novels in the Annals of the Western Shore series by Ursula K. Le Guin

[edit] Mathematics

• A mathematical operation; see exponentiation

[edit] Philosophy

• Power, the cause of the spread of a set of ideas; for example, Nietzsche attributied Christianity's spread to the the influence of power struggles which materialised in conquest and war, which in turn resulted in the spread of the moral ideal of christianity. See Philosophy.

[edit] Publications

• Powers (comics), a comic book series

[edit] Religion

• Powers, angels of the second sphere according to Medieval Christian theology; see Christian_angelic_hierarchy#Powers

[edit] See also

• List of comic book superpowers

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