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Does this mean we all have to name our kids something boring like John? What about the Baracks who manifestly overcome their name's unpopularity ? Isn't Silverstein right: Won't a boy named Sue learn to be strong? Sometimes, yes. In a 2004 paper, Saku Aura of the University of Missouri and Gregory Hess of Claremont McKenna College point out that many African-American kids with what the authors call "blacker" names reap an important benefit: they have an improved sense of self as a member of an identified group...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Can Your Name Make You a Criminal? | 1/29/2009 | See Source »

...standards, the Canadians have to get used to a somewhat different game. With the Olympic rinks 4 m wider than those in the NHL, goaltending and special teams--power play and penalty killing--become even more critical. "Bigger ice surface, totally different game," says Finnish star Saku Koivu. "The NHL guys that are big and strong in front of the net and good in the corners in the NHL don't matter so much here...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: It's Now or Never | 2/20/2006 | See Source »

...Saku Koivu scored for Montreal late in the second period. Vincent Damphousse stole the puck from Jason Woolley during a Sabres power play and beat Dominik Hasek with a wrap-around early in the third...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Pens Rally, Beat Canucks in OT 6-5; Sabres Stab Habs | 2/12/1999 | See Source »

Zenzile Makeba Qgwashu Nguvama Yiketheli Nxgowa Bantana Balomzi Xa Ufun Ubajabulisa Ubaphekeli, Mbiza Yotshwala Sithi Xa Saku Qgiba Ukutja Sithathe Izitsha Sizi Khabe Singama Lawu Singama Qgwashu Singama Nqamla Nqgithi...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sounding Off, Talking Back | 3/9/1998 | See Source »

...have never seen the president live," said Saku P. Aura, a Finnish graduate student at MIT. "[I came] out of curiosity...

Author: By Chana R. Schoenberger, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Under Sommers, Expos Has New Focus, Structure | 10/16/1997 | See Source »

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