Word: ordo
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...straggled along he began paying more and more heed to an assortment of eccentrics who had attached themselves to the fringes of his entourage. Among them were members of Novus, an amorphous organization that takes its name from a Latin motto on the Great Seal of the U.S., Novus ordo seclorum, meaning New Order of the Ages. According to Bill Whitson, 53, one of the group's founders, who is currently on a leave of absence from his post at the Library of Congress, Novus is a loose network of people across the country who believe that "society will...