Intelligence and wit were necessary but not sufficient conditions.

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This was done not to mock but to pay homage, and is full of wit and daring.

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Hoisting himself up on a step ladder above the noisy elbow-to-elbow crowd, he gave a rousing speech laced with his trademark wit and intriguing brand of Republican populism ("I'm a conservative, but I'm not mad at anybody, " he likes to say).

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