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You might remember the movie with Richard Gere and Debra Winger -- An
Officer And A Gentleman. The name of Gere's character is Zach (Zak?)
Mayo. In one scene, the drill instructor at boot camp ridicules his
name. I remember a letter to one of the news magazines (Newsweek or
Time) from someone named Zach Mayo asking (with tongue firmly planted in
cheek, etc.) what was unusual about the name.
