Word: gagsmithing
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Dates: during 1978-1978
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Carter was represented on the Washington Hilton podium by Powell, who speaks for the President daily to much the same audience for considerably less than $35 a head. (Surely a fresher face was in order, some correspondents may have felt.) In his monologue, drafted by Presidential Gagsmith Jerry Doolittle, Powell quickly took the offensive. "President Carter wanted very much to be here tonight," he began. "After all, he seldom has the occasion to dine with an institution held in lower esteem than ..." He did not finish the sentence, but went on: "He, of course, wanted me to express his regrets...
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