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When Hyphen Boy Meets Hyphen Girl, Names Pile Up

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Sasha Harris-Cronin and her partner struggled with their daughter Shannon's last name. They finally decided on two middle names and a hybrid hyphenated last name: Shannon Bayard Cronin Harris-Taylor.

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Despite many creative ideas, Brendan Greene-Walsh and Leila Rathert-Knowles have yet to hit on a good solution for their last name, should they get married.

By Tovia Smith

Originally published on Fri July 20, 2012 6:43 pm

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Those born at the height of the name-hyphenating craze will be the first to tell you — having two last names can be more trouble than it's worth. There's the perennial confusion at school and at the doctor's office, and the challenge of squeezing your name onto forms.

And now that the hyphenated generation is marrying and parenting, a whole host of new tricky situations has emerged.

Take Leila and Brendan. Their story is one of those fairy tale stories of love at first sight. She was in the lobby of her apartment building when this cute guy started moving in.

3:12 pm

Thu July 19, 2012

At Home With The Coltranes, Listening To Stravinsky

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Saxophonist Ravi Coltrane is the son of jazz icons John and Alice Coltrane. His new album Spirit Fiction was released June 19.

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Alice Coltrane used to play this recording of Igor Stravinsky's Firebird Suite in the Long Island home she shared with John Coltrane. It now sits in her son Ravi Coltrane's studio.

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Originally published on Fri July 20, 2012 6:45 pm

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Today, All Things Considered continues its Mom and Dad's Record Collection series with a musician who is a heir of American musical royalty.

2:57 pm

Thu July 19, 2012

Russia, China Block Another U.N. Resolution On Syria

By Jackie Northam

Originally published on Thu July 19, 2012 4:38 pm

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JACKIE NORTHAM, BYLINE: I'm Jackie Northam in Washington. Today at the U.N., Russia and China vetoed a Western-backed draft resolution that warned of sanctions against the Syrian regime unless it complies with a peace plan.

This is the third time those two countries have used their veto power to block a resolution on Syria. Britain's U.N. ambassador, Mark Lyall Grant, called the decision by Russia and China appalling, and said it would lead to further bloodshed in Syria.

2:47 pm

Thu July 19, 2012

How You Move Your Arm Says Something About Who You Are

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Researchers studying brains want to know what's happening in an area called the premotor cortex — the place in the brain that gears up for something the body is about to do, like swimming. Above, Michael Phelps dives off the starting blocks in the final heat of the men's 400-meter individual medley during the 2012 U.S. Olympic Swimming Team Trials in Omaha, Neb., on June 25.

By Jon Hamilton

Originally published on Thu August 9, 2012 11:47 am

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When Olympic swimmer Michael Phelps steps onto a starting block a few days from now, a Stanford scientist named Krishna Shenoy will be asking himself a question: "What's going on in Michael Phelps' brain?"

Specifically, Shenoy would like to know what's happening in an area called the premotor cortex. This area doesn't directly tell muscles what to do. But it's the place where the brain gears up for something the body is about to do, like swimming.

2:01 pm

Thu July 19, 2012

Terrible Virus, Fascinating History In 'Rabid'

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Rabies is a common topic of conversation for journalist Bill Wasik and veterinarian Monica Murphy.

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Originally published on Thu July 19, 2012 4:38 pm

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Here's your vocabulary word for the week: zoonosis. It describes an infection that is transmitted between species. For example, the disease that the husband and wife team of Bill Wasik and Monica Murphy have written about in their new book, Rabid: A Cultural History of the World's Most Diabolical Virus.

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