After his brief pontificate of just 33 days, the new pope took the name John Paul II, he said to provide continuity in respecting the wishes of his short-lived predecessor.
He was brave to pick the name John at all, says Melloni, since the last man to hold the name is viewed as an "antipope" because he was elected pontiff during a schism in the church in the 15th Century.
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Mr. JOHN VERBAL(ph) (Durham Resident): My name is John Verbal, and Memorial Day, when I think about it, means family.
The name of John Maynard Keynes has been all about since the economic crisis hit in 2008.
His name was John Wooden, winner of more national championships (10) than anyone in the history of college basketball.
Despite some polishing from big-name screenwriters John Lee Hancock ("The Blind Side") and Hossein Amini ("Drive"), Evan Daugherty's screenplay is more functional than fun.
For example, the Pentagon has recently assigned a lieutenant colonel by the name of John Clay to head up its investigative task force in Hanoi.
The trumpeter, whose actual name was John Birks Gillespie, made a humorous run for the Presidency in 1964, organizing John Birks Societies in twenty-five states.
Fortunately for Arthur, the leader of the Marine Band at the time was a pretty fair songwriter -- a young Marine sergeant major by the name of John Philip Sousa.
One of those phone calls came from Mercury Records, which signed Bon Jovi to his first record deal that same year, prompting the singer to shorten his name from John Francis Bongiovi, Jr.
Born a bastard in Wales and raised in a workhouse there, he denied his humble beginnings, changed his name from John Rowlands to Henry Morton Stanley and claimed the United States as his birthplace.
She invoked the name of John Bunyan, she praised the Bedfordshire Clanger and waxed lyrical over the River Festivals, Norman churches and May dancer, all things, she argued, that gave her constituency its identity.
Inspector JOHN SEVILLA(ph) (New York City Police Department): My name is Inspector John Sevilla, and I've been doing this probably now for about 16 years.
To the original family name Go, John added "kongwei" (Chinese for "bright") and began trading in small goods.
It turned out that the lawyers, working under the name of the John Adams Project, wanted to call the C.
There's also a co-story credit for one Edmond Dantes, the pen name affected by John Hughes for his lesser work, some of which sat on a shelf for years.
The SPDR ETF is also the fund that gets most discussed in the media, especially when it comes to big-name investors like John Paulson or George Soros and whether they are buying or selling the fund.
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Xanadu - based on the 1980 film flop of the same name starring Olivia Newton John - and Young Frankenstein beat A Catered Affair and Cry-Baby The Musical to take joint musical honours.
His first name commemorates an ancestor, John Endicott, who was the state's first colonial governor.
Dr. Blumenthal will never become a household name like Steve Jobs, John Lennon, Lady Di, or Elvis.
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Dion's groundbreaking deal ushered in a cadre of big-name music acts (Elton John, Bette Midler) signing exclusive contracts in Las Vegas.
However, when you look at the media hype every time the wind blows she is supposedly back with the loser John whats his name or she is seeing Brad Split from Jolie.
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So if you think too many young people's musical horizons are about as narrow as an iPod, then in the name of Max Roach or John Lucien or Dinah Washington, do something about it.
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