Word: brenda
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...Brenda Lee Riley, who suffers from paranoid schizophrenia, hitchhiked with her husband, who had bouts of serious depression, from Ohio to California, where he beat her and sometimes pretended to hang himself. One day he ripped out the gas wall heater and flicked his lighter. Brenda survived by diving out a second-floor window. "Fire is a weird color when you're inside it," she recalls. Years later, though burn scars cover her body, medication has controlled her mental illness and she has become a part-time "life coach" at the Village. She rents her own apartment and hopes...
...suburbs of Baltimore, Md., they're an invitation to celebrate. Of course, that's partly because Erica, 12, and Monica, 16, usually bring home A's and B's. But it's also because their parents look beyond the grades. What's most important, says their mother Brenda, is that Monica and Erica "have learned as much as they can and have done the best job they're capable of doing." To honor their learning and hard work, Brenda and her husband Gregory typically treat the girls to a Chinese dinner or a movie...
...rare occasion when Erica or Monica flounders? "If they have trouble, I'm there to help them; their father's there to help them; they can go to a coaching class; we can get them a tutor," says Brenda. "They know they're responsible for their grades and their classwork and their homework, but they also know we're here for them." With parents who support them in their struggles and celebrate their successes, Erica and Monica face the challenges of school with confidence and curiosity. Says Brenda: "They'll make comments like, 'This class is a lot of work...
...purists are livid about the slow but methodical inertia towards a Pacey-Joey hook-up. "But that will cause turmoil in Capeside's microcosmic universe!" they cry in unison. Pacey, after all, is meant for Andie. And Joey and Dawson, well, will forever be Joey and Dawson (like Brenda and Dylan). But think about this. Why'd you watch the show in the first place? Week after week, James Van Der Dork is obsessive compulsive and downright boring, and Andie, bless her heart, is pummeled each and every week by the writers' new sadistic storyline. But who made the show...
Joining her was sophomore Brenda Taylor, whose versatility might have over-shadowed her expertise at the 400-meter hurdles. She also qualified for outdoor nationals...