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New life

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New life

Date4/18/1985

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Combs, Erin (photographer)

Toronto Star (Firm) (publisher)

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Original Toronto Star caption: New life: Marc Gruss and Davidee Lewis look at their new daughter, Sharai, born 10 hours before at the MCA birth centre in New York. We didn't want to go to a hospital because of so much unnecessary medical intervention, says Lewis.

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