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The Name GamenJack Matthews: Sassafras;nHoughton Mifflin; Boston.nThere are certain figures, bothnreal and fictional, whose namesnseem directly related to onendescriptive word or phrase.nVincent Price, after decades ofnplaying the most despicable ofnvillains, has come to personifyn"evil." Huck Finn means "mischievousness"nand "boyhood."nAnd John Wayne, of course,nevokes . . .