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Even when freshly washed and relieved of all obvious confections, children tend to be sticky.

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Fran Lebowitz
Age: 74
Born: 1950
Born: October 27
Author
Humorist
Journalist
Orator
Writer
Morristown
NJ
Frances Ann Lebowitz
Robert Paine Cook
Tend
Freshly
Obvious
Sticky
Childhood
Newborn
Baby
Washed
Food
Relieved
Kids
Culinary
Children
Cooking
Even
Mom

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