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If wit is the most sophisticated form of humor, pranks are the most juvenile.

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Maureen Dowd
Age: 72
Born: 1952
Born: January 14
Columnist
Journalist
Washington
District of Columbia
Maureen Brigid Dowd
Pranks
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