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At one point, I actually, ironically, thought I might go into criminology and work with the FBI.

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Monica Lewinsky
Age: 51
Born: 1973
Born: July 23
Businessperson
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San Francisco County
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Monica Samille Lewinsky
Monica S. Lewinsky
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