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My eating habits were so bad for many years that I didn't actually know the intricacies of making a salad.

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Maureen Dowd
Age: 72
Born: 1952
Born: January 14
Columnist
Journalist
Washington
District of Columbia
Maureen Brigid Dowd
Habits
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Intricacies
Many
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Salad

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