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Some 4,200 job-hunters lined up in the cold yesterday to apply for 150 positions at a refurbished North York hotel
Some 4,200 job-hunters lined up in the cold yesterday to apply for 150 positions at a refurbished North York hotel

Some 4,200 job-hunters lined up in the cold yesterday to apply for 150 positions at a refurbished North York hotel

Date11/6/1992
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Original Toronto Star caption: Some 4;200 job-hunters lined up in the cold yesterday to apply for 150 positions at a refurbished North York hotel.
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