Word: velluccis
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...Many Cantabrigians have lived in countries where they were stripped of all their rights, so I can understand why people would jealously guard their constitutional rights," Vellucci said...
Guests, who paid $5 a ticket for the dinner and dancing, traded stories about Vellucci. "He gets up at five in the morning and he drives around in his brown Chevy Chevette just to see who's sleeping on the job," one woman said. "I saw him on the way over here tonight, and there was no room in that car of his--he made all the salad himself and then carted it over," another reported...
...crowd, largely elderly, with Vellucci's East Cambridge Italian neighbors heavily represented, collected around Vellucci as he moved through the room. When he wandered off to another corner of the ballroom, they would explain why they turned out for his "thing" as these affairs are known in Cambridge political circles...
Others cited Vellucci's work on behalf of Cambridge's elderly as their reason for backing him. "Being old himself, he understands and feels for us," a woman said. "The old are the Socrates of the cities and he takes care of them," another added...
...everyone, even those who said they were saving their number one votes for another candidate, said they liked Vellucci as a man. "He's a great humanitarian--put that in your paper," one woman insisted...