Word: acing
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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Have you ever hated your name? Apparently some people have. A recently published study by researchers at the University of California in San Diego has suggested that people with "cooler" initials--such as ACE, JOY, WOW or GOD--might actually live longer than people with more negative ones, like BUM, UGH, ILL, PIG, ASS or DED. The study looked at five million California death certificates and singled out 3,487 men (whose names are less likely to change over a lifetime). The study included 2,287 men with decidedly negative monograms and 1,200 WINners and VIP-types...
...researchers quoted in a story by The Associated Press, there may be "some psychological factor that can exert its impact cumulatively over the years...At every stage it's a little tiny depressant to be called PIG, or a little tiny boost to your esteem to be called ACE...
Leading 9-6, Walsh looked to wrap things up and get his ace some work by bringing in junior righthander Andrew Duffell. But Duffell took some time getting into his rhythm, giving up a leadoff homer and loading the bases on a walk, an error and a single...
Pedro Martinez might be Beantown's biggest pitching sensation of this young hardball season, but this side of the Charles, Joe Walsh's Crimson has an ace...
Cornell's ace in the hole for tomorrow's pivotal men's lacrosse game against Harvard (4-2, 1-0 Ivy) at Ohiri Field may be pacing the sidelines...