During my kidnapping, I lost my entire identity and couldn't remember my real name.

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My real name is not used, you might understand why.

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"It's my real name, " the singer-songwriter said.

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If I give my real name to the world, I can have people look me up and find real information on me, and then they will weigh my opinions against other factors that I do not want considered.

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His real name was Brian, and he was my last first date.

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My name is Luanne Levine (ph), and I own a local real estate company here in Henry County, over in Geneseo.

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While in college one of my good friends had a basic, American sounding name something like (name is changed to avoid embarrassing the real person) Charlie Palmer.

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At the next playgroup, I asked the lady at the front desk to pass my e-mail address on to her. (By the way, Mary isn't her real name -- I changed it to prevent scaring her off.) I was beet red as I walked Kylie toward the subway station, and was doing frenetic hop run behind the stroller.

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