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n. - United States athlete who won Olympic gold medals in the decathlon (born in 1930).

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  • While "states" and "volumes" may be newly fashionable, in Mathias's vision the bastions of
  • We become uncertain whether Mathias is simply following his route or whether he is engaging in dissociative reveries.
  • "Mathias" is the reporter Phil Mathias, from whom Kaplan had first learned of the cash payments in March of '01.
  • "Mathias," cried Paul, in deep distress, "there are two sorts of ruin, and you are bringing one upon me at this moment."
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