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Christopher Andersen's "The Name Game" [Sept. 26] is plain obnoxious. He should note that "plain" Patricias include two Academy Award actresses (Neal and Duke-Astin), a Cabinet member (Harris) and a bank robber (Hearst). Andersen better get his first-name vibes down pat before he publishes them...
...fact, says Christopher Andersen in his new book The Name Game, every first name sends forth "psychological vibrations" that affect our lives. Summarizing four studies that sampled public reaction to first names, Andersen, who writes for PEOPLE magazine, lists "894 Names and What They Really Mean." The results will displease people named Martha -which psychologically vibrates to mean "unexciting"-Patricia (plain), Mark (spoiled) and Basil (sinister...
...sexy female names include Candy, Beverly, Loretta, Dawn, Marjorie, Adrienne and Joanne. Sybil is intelligent, Amanda is cultured and Zelda is aggressive, perhaps because of that grating z sound. Sally connotes blonde and sassy -Andersen is not sure why, but suggests that Fan Dancer Sally Rand, Actress Sally Struthers and Journalist Sally Quinn might have helped shape the image...
...Five of Andersen's fellow members of the Big Eight last week countered with "friend of the court" briefs accusing Andersen in effect of promoting chaos and anarchy in accounting. The brief of Price Waterhouse & Co. magisterially thundered about "Andersen's evident desire to discredit the F.A.S.B. and substitute its own personal and private decision-making procedures." Said Touche Ross Managing Partner Russell Palmer: "Taking sides and looking to the courts will confuse the issue without resolving...
Nitpicking Rules? One question is why Andersen, of all firms, should assail the SEC's effort to back up the F.A.S.B. Andersen has long argued for more uniformity in accounting procedures, and its executives played a key role in setting up the F.A.S.B. But the company also has long been an aggressive maverick. Some competitors grumble privately that it is merely seeking publicity, and Price Waterhouse's brief publicly refers to "Andersen's past attacks on the accounting profession." Andersen Chairman Harvey E. Kapnick Jr. protests that his company is merely trying to preserve the profession...