Word: carafa
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...balance the budget. No. 7 suggested that Bill Clinton's speechwriters no longer be paid by the word. No. 1 was ``Arkansas? Sell it.'' Introduced by Letterman as ``an actual American hero,'' Dole astutely ended his 10-minute gig by acknowledging a friend in the audience, Frank Carafa, the former Army sergeant who had saved the future Senator's life by dragging the gravely wounded Lieut. Dole across a World War II battlefield. The emotional power was diminished only slightly by a by-product of the show's opening skit: Carafa, like the rest of the audience, was clutching...
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