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Private muscle: Lunchbreak weightlifter Alus Gabris is one of group of factory workers in Vilnius, Lithuania, who used own time and private savings to build a sports complex
Private muscle: Lunchbreak weightlifter Alus Gabris is one of group of factory workers in Vilnius, Lithuania, who used own time and private savings to build a sports complex

Private muscle: Lunchbreak weightlifter Alus Gabris is one of group of factory workers in Vilnius, Lithuania, who used own time and private savings to build a sports complex

Date8/27/1987
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Original Toronto Star caption: Private muscle: Lunchbreak weightlifter Alus Gabris is one of group of factory workers in Vilnius; Lithuania; who used own time and private savings to build a sports complex.
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Call Number / Accession NumberTSPA_0118465F
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