Word: nomen
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...business, but we are determined that it not turn into serious business. We devise a mock Napoleonic "N" with a laurel wreath around it for the neck of the bottle. On the label we poke fun at the usual corny hype on our competitors' bottles with Nomen Vide Optima Expecta ("See the Name, Expect the Best"), Tutto Naturale, and in place of a copyright notice, we have "Appellation Newman Controlee." As a spoof of businesses that tout their ancestry, our slogan is "Fine Foods Since February...
...Thiede's findings has intriguing implications. In three places on the Magdalen Papyrus, the name of Jesus is written as KS, an abbreviation of the Greek word Kyrios, or Lord. Thiede contends that this shorthand is proof that early Christians considered Jesus a nomen sacrum (sacred name), much the way devout Jews emphasized the holiness of God's name by shortening it to the tetragrammaton YHWH. Thus the perception of Jesus as divine was not a later development of Christian faith but a firm belief of the early church...
...witch doctor talked about charms and animal sacrifices, Davis' rich, deep Latin poured through the small window of the hut: "Pater noster qui es in coelis, sanctificetur nomen tuum . . ." The laibon explained the uses of animals in his work. He employed the warthog, for example, to cast a spell to keep the government out of Masai business. Good choice, the visitor thought. The warthog is a strutty little beast, a short-legged peasant with a thin tail that stands straight up like a flagpole when it runs. It backs into its hole and pulls dirt on top of itself...
Ferris found an outstanding set of soloists. The two sopranos in their Sit nomen Domini and the florid Illu enim ascenderunt showed a sensitivity to each other as units of the ensemble; they were not soloists competing against one another. The two basses sang with great variety, from the delicate Quis sicut Dominus to the big Quia fecit from the Magnificat...
...Student Council began last night what it has chosen to call its own "first 100 days" of the Spring Term. The nomen is disturbing not in its lack of originality but in the insistence of the Council President that this period will be marked by all sorts of "massive assaults," international festivals, public forums, new committees, and perhaps even a World's Fair in Cambridge...