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The Brooklyn-based band Falcon doesn't take its name from the bird, but rather from an old friend of bandmates Shannon Ferguson and Neil Rosen.
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SEALs (Sea, Air, Land) take their name from the elements in and from which they operate.
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The 76-year-old from Buenos Aires is the first Pope to take the name of Francis - reminiscent of Francis of Assisi, the 13th Century Italian reformer and patron saint of animals, who lived in poverty.
BBC: Francis celebrates Sistine Chapel Mass with cardinals
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The Jordanian response, from which one of the PLO's most notorious brigades was to take its name, became known as Black September.
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They'd operate as the sum of many independent, relatively dumb processes--just like the autonomic functions of the human central nervous system, from which they take their name.
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Yet they take up to 90% of sales away from the comparable brand-name drugs whose makers risked the time and money to bring breakthrough treatments to market.
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Anger over the name change, which was supposed to take effect this month, came from members of the local Gilda's Club chapter, fans of Radner who saw it as a slight to a woman who confronted cancer with dignity and humor, leaders of other clubs who reaffirmed their commitment to keeping the name, as well as Radner's husband, actor Gene Wilder.
NPR: Gilda's Club Chapter In Wis. Sticks With Name
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Mick Newton, a retired primary school deputy head from London, said the name was difficult for people to take in.
BBC: Big Society guru urges newly retired people to volunteer
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This song 'Take it Easy (Love Nothing)' comes from a four-song disc of the same name.
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But many expect Kennedy, who considered seeking an appointment to the Senate from New York in 2009 but then withdrew her name from contention amid a flurry of publicity, to take up some high-profile position in the near future.
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