Word: maidens
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Dates: during 2000-2009
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Certainly Sheila Matthews (who uses her maiden name to protect her son's privacy) does not believe medication is the answer--or even in ADHD's validity. Two years ago, school officials said her son fit an ADHD profile and warned that "if I didn't medicate him, he would self-medicate later"--meaning he would use drugs illegally. Instead, speech and language tutoring solved the problem...
...home is where the opportunity is, she had bought a house just outside a reliably Democratic district. So when she decided to run for Congress, she found herself up against a nearly unbeatable Republican Congresswoman. Kathleen seemed unsure how--or whether--to capitalize on her biggest political asset: her maiden name. The name explained why national reporters were trailing her quixotic campaign, but she didn't use it on her bumper stickers and declared that she was running "as my own person...
...three younger sisters. When she brought Ira home to Texas to meet the family, they were horrified. Like a caveman, Einhorn began eating ravenously. While the family said grace, he scratched and clawed at his poison-ivy blisters, and he treated Holly as if she were his personal maiden. "We concluded that he basically came down there to try and promote a rift between Holly and my father," says Elisabeth Hall, 37, who gave the name Holly to her daughter, a ballerina. Elisabeth was the last family member to see Holly alive. After Elisabeth's high school graduation, she visited...
...turned out someone knew enough about me to change my address and order new credit cards. I'm pretty sure he got my information from the Internet, though really, how hard is it to grab someone's Social Security number and mother's maiden name? Especially when that someone's mother was divorced and using her maiden name. The kids suffer in so many ways...
...read this week's cover story on Internet security, but how do you know you're not the next victim? Take Time.com's interactive quiz to find out how to protect yourself. Question 1: Is your password your mother's maiden name, your birthdate or the last four digits of your SSN? If so, watch out! www.time.com/idtheft...