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All the wrong answers are Julia's,' says dad Julian Porter
All the wrong answers are Julia's,' says dad Julian Porter

All the wrong answers are Julia's,' says dad Julian Porter

Date5/18/1979
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Original Toronto Star caption: All the wrong answers are Julia's,' says dad Julian Porter
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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.
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Prime Minister Pierre Trudeau. I confess we haven't found all the answers yet
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Publisher Anna Porter with daughters Catherine, 13, left, and Julia, 8
Publisher Anna Porter with daughters Catherine, 13, left, and Julia, 8
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Just another rider, TTC Chairman Julian Porter watches the crowds during yesterday's morning rush hour at the Bloor-Yonge subway station. Porter, who (...)
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Julian Porter
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