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She was awarded a Pulitzer Prize in 1999 for her series of columns on the Monica Lewinsky Scandal . Dowd was born in Washington, D.C. , the youngest of five children in a Roman Catholic family where her County Clare -born father (who had been a member of the Irish Republican Army in Clare) worked as a police officer. CAREER In 1973, Dowd received a B.A. in English Literature from Catholic University in Washington, D.C. She began her career in 1974 as an editorial assistant for the '' Washington Star '' where she later became a sports columnist, metropolitan reporter, and feature writer. When the newspaper closed in 1981, she went to work at '' Time '' magazine. In 1983, she joined '' The New York Times '', initially as a metropolitan reporter. She began serving as correspondent in ''The Times'' Washington bureau in 1986. In 1991, Dowd received a Breakthrough Award from Columbia University . In 1992, she was a Pulitzer Prize finalist for national reporting, and in 1994 she won a Matrix Award from New York Women in Communications. In 1995, Dowd replaced opinion columnist Anna Quindlen , who went to work at '' Newsweek '' magazine. Dowd was named a Woman of the Year by '' Glamour '' magazine in 1996. She was the winner of the 1999 Pulitzer Prize for distinguished commentary. In 2000, she won the Damon Runyon award for outstanding contributions to journalism. In 2005, she was awarded the Mary Alice Davis Lectureship award from the College of Communication at The University Of Texas At Austin . When ). She said her siblings are "beyond" merely being "red" (Republican conservative), and are "crimson". , 2005 article, "What's a Modern Girl to Do?"]] Most of Dowd's online columns are now only available through the subscriber-only TimesSelect program. WRITING STYLE Dowd's columns are distinguished by a witty, incisive, acerbic writing style. Her columns often display a marked irreverence for powerful figures such as President George W. Bush , former President Bill Clinton , and Pope Benedict XVI . For example, Dowd sometimes refers to President Bush as "W" or more recently "Bubble-Boy", Vice President Cheney as "Vice" and Donald Rumsfeld as "Rummy". CRITICISM Dowd was accused by ). Dowd's book, ''Are Men Necessary? When Sexes Collide'', received mixed reviews from both conservative and liberal sources with most tending toward the negative. BIBLIOGRAPHY
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