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Decimus Sextus Nonus...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters, Jan. 9, 1978 | 1/9/1978 | See Source »

...Michael Herbert Dengler would have had less trouble in his battle to change his name to a numeral and become Mr. 1069 [Dec. 12], if he had simply switched from English to Latin and become Mr. Decimus Sextus Nonus...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters, Jan. 9, 1978 | 1/9/1978 | See Source »

...Boston neither suggestion has been warmly received. Astronomers, a conservative clan, will likely select a classical name. If Clyde Tombaugh, first human actually to see the planet, suggests a name satisfactory to astronomers, it will doubtless be accepted. Names suggested last week: Telesis, Noveno, Amos, Andy, Tunney, Pax, Archie, Nonus, Cronos, Ceres, Juno, Vulcan, Persephone, Minerva, Excelsis, Coolidge, Hoover, Jesus...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Science: Earthlings and X | 3/31/1930 | See Source »

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