Ronald Reagan kept a jar of Jelly Bellies on his desk in the Oval Office, on Air Force One and at Cabinet meetings, having formed the habit while governor of California during the 1960s.

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Joe Paterno has a statue for the same reason Auburn University built one for former quarterback Cam Newton (a non-graduate who attended the school for one year) -- because football (literally, the launching of a synthetic oval contraption through the air) exceeds all else.

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The Wankel engine in the Mazda RX-8 houses a rapidly spinning cam that is shaped to compress and combust fuel and air against the inside of an oval chamber.

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There is an air of calm and peace at this racing oval at the foot of the San Gabriel mountains.

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