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Gordon Cardy, general manager of the Royal York Hotel and innkeeper extraordinaire, looks after more than one million people a year. People think my j(...)
Gordon Cardy, general manager of the Royal York Hotel and innkeeper extraordinaire, looks after more than one million people a year. People think my j(...)

Gordon Cardy, general manager of the Royal York Hotel and innkeeper extraordinaire, looks after more than one million people a year. People think my j(...)

Date4/9/1978
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Original Toronto Star caption: Gordon Cardy, general manager of the Royal York Hotel and innkeeper extraordinaire, looks after more than one million people a year. People think my job is all glamor, says Cardy, but outsiders don't see the headaches behind the scenes. Guest list the other day included Duke and Duchess of Wellington, Sir Eric and Lady Drake, and the president of Hiram Walker.
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Gordon Cardy manager of the big Royal York Hotel, says, Toronto can more than hold its own internationally in the hospitality business
Gordon Cardy manager of the big Royal York Hotel, says, Toronto can more than hold its own internationally in the hospitality business
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$12 million facelift for the Royal York Hotel, says manager Gordon Cardy, was based on faith in a tremendous real estate development
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Gordon Cardy Manager Royal York
Gordon Cardy Manager Royal York
4/9/1978
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One Point Landing: Tennis King Rod Laver looks more like a ballet dancer than the top man of his sport as he lands after making a return during final yesterday against Roy Emerson
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2/18/1973
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It would be difficult to think of many people who have graced the life of Toronto more than former Lt
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Wrye was reacting to a recent Star story that revealed how at least a dozen people together lost more than $1 million on franchises from a Toronto company called Holey Donuts run by David Platt
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Vernon Dollard, president and general manager of Toronto Better Business Bureau, says the bureau will dig up the facts on business promotions, but that anyone who asks it for advice or information will have to do some thinking for himself. Some people, he says, look for favorable answers and will ignore warnings nine times out of ten. Bureau staff is told to stick to facts and not make judgments.
Vernon Dollard, president and general manager of Toronto Better Business Bureau, says the bureau will dig up the facts on business promotions, but that anyone who asks it for advice or information will have to do some thinking for himself. Some people, he says, look for favorable answers and will ignore warnings nine times out of ten. Bureau staff is told to stick to facts and not make judgments.
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Why are you better known for your looks than brains, cher? Well, I used to think the sun was the other side of the moon
Why are you better known for your looks than brains, cher? Well, I used to think the sun was the other side of the moon
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It is puzzling that so few people want to look at life as a totality and recognize that death is no more extraordinary than birth, says author Roberts(...)
It is puzzling that so few people want to look at life as a totality and recognize that death is no more extraordinary than birth, says author Roberts(...)
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