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Flamboyant Ed Mirvish is moved to tears yesterday as his emporium was hailed as a Toronto landmark, tourist attraction and king of bargain basements. (...)
Flamboyant Ed Mirvish is moved to tears yesterday as his emporium was hailed as a Toronto landmark, tourist attraction and king of bargain basements. (...)

Flamboyant Ed Mirvish is moved to tears yesterday as his emporium was hailed as a Toronto landmark, tourist attraction and king of bargain basements. (...)

Date12/6/1988
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Original Toronto Star caption: Flamboyant Ed Mirvish is moved to tears yesterday as his emporium was hailed as a Toronto landmark, tourist attraction and king of bargain basements. If the next 40 years are as good as the last, I can't complain, he said.
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Flamboyant Ed Mirvish is moved to tears yesterday as his emporium was halled as a Toronto landmark, tourist attraction and king of bargain basements. (...)
Flamboyant Ed Mirvish is moved to tears yesterday as his emporium was halled as a Toronto landmark, tourist attraction and king of bargain basements. (...)
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10/8/1985
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3/8/1987
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No tears: Looking relaxed and sporting his favorite blue sweater, Prime Minister Joe Clark flew back to Ottawa yesterday to begin the transfer of power to Liberal Leader Pierre Trudeau
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