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...Names don't have to be difficult to seem dangerous, of course; sometimes manufacturers earn their menacing rep rightly. There's nothing inherently scary about names like Morris or Philip, but flip them around and stick them together, and pretty soon you're thinking about lung cancer. The Altria Group, on the other hand - which is the new corporate handle by which Philip Morris prefers to be known - means nothing at all, and that is precisely the idea...
...Greek name that means free. The bad news for kids whose parents couldn't keep it simple is that uncommon monikers do present problems - at least at first. "People may not necessarily be perceived as more dangerous," Song says. "But if all you know is their name, they may seem riskier to approach or hire...
...common complaint among students like Martel is that OCS can seem like a restaurant with a chef who is hard of hearing: no matter what you order, you get the same dish...
...editors remain in Cambridge while researchers are away traveling. “It’s a long-distance relationship,” said Nathaniel S. Rakich ’10, managing editor for Let’s Go and a Crimson Editorial editor. “It might seem tough, but many great marriages are often made out of such relationships.”However, Let’s Go is also hoping to create more positions that are geared towards supporting researcher-writers, who are required to travel alone. This policy encourages them to assimilate into the local...
Cass Sunstein would not seem the kind of presidential appointee to get liberal groups up in arms. A professor at the University of Chicago Law School (and this year a visiting professor at Harvard) and prolific author, Sunstein is a reliable liberal on most questions of law and policy. So when President Barack Obama chose his old friend for a very powerful Washington job, director of the Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs (OIRA), it seemed safe to assume that the appointment would be treated as good news by the environmental, labor and consumer groups that have been in despair...