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...ADHD for 10 years now. I was diagnosed with it in kindergarten. Truthfully, I don't remember every detail of my life before ADHD, but there are some things I can't help remembering. For example, in kindergarten I was sent to the "time-out chair" about two or three times daily. The reason? I would say things that would hurt the other kids. Why did I say these mean things? Because I'd never think about what I was going to say or the consequences. Another thing I'll never forget is how antsy and talkative I was. Every...
...close. As they've risen to the top of the tennis world, relations have chilled. Henin-Hardenne has won four of their last five head-to-heads, including the Acura Classic final in August in San Diego. After the match, Clijsters hinted that her rival had taken an injury time-out for strategic reasons, an allegation that echoed Serena Williams' accusations of gamesmanship by Henin-Hardenne at the French Open. After the U.S. Open final, in which Henin-Hardenne again beat Clijsters, Kim's father Lei made the observation that it was unusual how Henin-Hardenne's "muscle mass...
WATKINS: It's ingrained in human nature to fight and argue. My 3-year-old [Marion] won't say she's sorry. She'll sit in time-out forever...
Immigration Time...
Your story on how Somali immigrants are moving into Lewiston, Maine, described some of the resulting tensions in the town [LETTER FROM MAINE, Oct. 28]. The problems that the town had absorbing 1,100 Somalis showed a good reason to support an immigration time-out. The era of Ellis Island is past. Today's immigrants are coming to the third most populous nation in the world. America is unable to absorb any more immigrants. What's more, some of these people represent a groundswell of cultural change that their homelands obviously need. Enabling them to emigrate will only prolong...