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...just that all of these names are a nuisance to spell and a mouthful to pronounce - though they are. It's that they strike us as downright dangerous. That, at least, is the conclusion of a new study published in the journal Psychological Science - and it's a study that ought to give pause to any manufacturer with a product to brand or parent with a baby to name. (See the top 10 medical breakthroughs...
...poll by the New York Times and CBS News found that 74% of Americans think Obama is "trying to work with Republicans in Congress." By contrast, only 31% of Americans think Republicans in Congress are "trying to work with Barack Obama." If these numbers keep up, they could spell an electoral disaster for Republicans...
Media timeout: Columbia cheerleaders spell out L-I-O-N-S with their pom-poms. Tough stuff...
...like a genetic cookbook, using four molecular "letters" to spell out recipes for everything from hormones to heart valves. Biologists today are reading the 3.5 billion letters in the human genome as well as the DNA from thousands of other species, and they've amassed vast databases of genetic information that they can rummage through to learn about how life evolved...
...suburban angst”).When the real TF does show up, make sure you size him up quickly, and remark, (“Well, well, well…if it isn’t ol’ Hubert Humphrey”/“You can’t spell ‘grad student’ without ‘RAD student’!” [INSERT HIGH FIVE]/“You are surprisingly attractive. I will politely yield”.)If the TF angrily demands you sit down, remark, “TF equals teaching fellow...