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...fact, only pleasantly robust. His stomach expands like a beautiful hyperbola. His voice is loud and clear, with a curiously nasal effect. His hair, though it has receeded, is a strikingly handsome combination of silver and gray. For a man who officially entered politics at the age of 21 in 1936 (as a delegate to the state Democratic covention) and suffered two defeats before finally winning elective office, Alfred E. Vellucci looks like he's enjoyed every minute of the game...

Author: By Robert J. Samuelson, | Title: Vellucci Stamps Style On Cambridge Politics | 4/30/1965 | See Source »

...Buffalo the party embarked on board the double-turreted monitor "Infinity" and the gunboats "Hyperbola" and "Parabola," purchased, as you know, two years ago by our Boat-Club to take care of the interests of Harvard at the regattas...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: THE COLORED RACE. | 12/18/1874 | See Source »

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