question: public static boolean isLikelyPerson ( String word ) { String strippedWord = stripWord ( word ) ; if ( strippedWord != null && strippedWord . length ( ) > 2 && strippedWord . length ( ) <= 17 ) { boolean result = true ; for ( int i = 0 ; result && i < strippedWord . length ( ) ; i ++ ) { result = VALID_PERSON_CHARS . indexOf ( strippedWord . charAt ( i ) ) != - 1 ; } return result ; } else { return false ; } }
target:  Returns true if the specified word is probably a persons name.