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Word: orben (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1970-1979
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...Robert Orben, a Gerald Ford speechwriter: "I feel that if God had really wanted us to have enough oil, he never would have given us the Department of Energy...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: People, Feb. 26, 1979 | 2/26/1979 | See Source »

...week before D-day ("Delivery" day), as Hartmann labeled it, Ford began practicing his presentation of the speech. First he read to an audience of three: Hartmann, his deputy Robert Orben and Media Consultant Don Penny, a former stand-up comic who played a key role in improving the President's pace and delivery. Then Ford started running through the speech before a camera connected to a video-tape recorder and played back the tape so that he could watch his own performance. His coaches managed to minimize some of his idiosyncrasies-stumbling over words, dropping his voice...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Nation: The Making of a Fighting Speech | 8/30/1976 | See Source »

...seem the worst was over. Copeland will now have more time for his latest venture, the Comedy Center, Inc. It sells jokes to speechmakers and newspapers. Sample: "Confucius say: Naked student who runs into naked coed having lucky streak." The talent behind the firm is Bob Orben, who is also a gagwriter for Vice President Gerald Ford...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: EYECATCHERS: Motsey Settles | 6/3/1974 | See Source »

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