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Kosta Boslka: I cried like a baby. I was so angry I couldn't eat or sleep or anything.
Kosta Boslka: I cried like a baby. I was so angry I couldn't eat or sleep or anything.

Kosta Boslka: I cried like a baby. I was so angry I couldn't eat or sleep or anything.

Date1/12/1982
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Call Number / Accession NumberTSPA_0125536F
Shopping: Norman Browne spends about $15 a week for rent and $8 for food. I don't eat rich or fancy, but tend towards a simple, meaty, varied menu. I like creative cooking and my pride and joy is cooking up a pot of pork hock stew. I'd give out the recipe but you've got to be poor to appreciate it.
Shopping: Norman Browne spends about $15 a week for rent and $8 for food. I don't eat rich or fancy, but tend towards a simple, meaty, varied menu. I like creative cooking and my pride and joy is cooking up a pot of pork hock stew. I'd give out the recipe but you've got to be poor to appreciate it.
6/6/1969
Last summer, he sold encyclopedias. This summer, university student Mark Dingman is selling himself - as the first prize in an unusual raffle. Dingman 21, of Toronto, has decided to raffle himself - or more precisely, 16 hours of his time - to make money for school. I wanted to run my own business. This took minimum capitalization and had minimal risk, should it fail, said Dingman, a McGill University student. And it seems like a good skill to learn, to sell yourself. Dingman is going door-to-door with his Student Slaves raffle and a very professional pitch. Tickets go for $1.99 each (or three for $5) and there are 200 in each draw. The first raffle is scheduled for Tuesday and the winner gets Dingman for 16 hours to do anything from cleaning ovens to fixing eavestroughs.
Last summer, he sold encyclopedias. This summer, university student Mark Dingman is selling himself - as the first prize in an unusual raffle. Dingman 21, of Toronto, has decided to raffle himself - or more precisely, 16 hours of his time - to make money for school. I wanted to run my own business. This took minimum capitalization and had minimal risk, should it fail, said Dingman, a McGill University student. And it seems like a good skill to learn, to sell yourself. Dingman is going door-to-door with his Student Slaves raffle and a very professional pitch. Tickets go for $1.99 each (or three for $5) and there are 200 in each draw. The first raffle is scheduled for Tuesday and the winner gets Dingman for 16 hours to do anything from cleaning ovens to fixing eavestroughs.
7/5/1984
Doreen MacDonald picked up a toaster from a pile of battered appliances in the Qeen St. E. Soup-to-nuts junk store run by Jack Himself Cohen. One dollar. Himself said. Does it work? Doreen asked. I don't know. Why don't you plug it in and find out? All I do is sell as is. You won't plug it in? No. Doreen paid the $1 and once again proved Himself's credo: I don't polish anything. I learned my lesson when I polished the $25 special finish off a candelabra early in business. Since then I sell everything just as it is. [Incomplete]
Doreen MacDonald picked up a toaster from a pile of battered appliances in the Qeen St. E. Soup-to-nuts junk store run by Jack Himself Cohen. One dollar. Himself said. Does it work? Doreen asked. I don't know. Why don't you plug it in and find out? All I do is sell as is. You won't plug it in? No. Doreen paid the $1 and once again proved Himself's credo: I don't polish anything. I learned my lesson when I polished the $25 special finish off a candelabra early in business. Since then I sell everything just as it is. [Incomplete]
6/13/1972
Twins' father Leonard McGee. Then I saw them. I couldn't think
Twins' father Leonard McGee. Then I saw them. I couldn't think
6/4/1966
Desperate man: I'm angry that I can't celebrate my life things I want to do, says Jonathan Bennetts, 51, who is debilitated by the Epstein-Barr virus. Symptoms range from fatigue to mental confusion.
Desperate man: I'm angry that I can't celebrate my life things I want to do, says Jonathan Bennetts, 51, who is debilitated by the Epstein-Barr virus. Symptoms range from fatigue to mental confusion.
1/24/1989
Manufacturer Jack Mazin: 'I don't do anything that draws attention to my looks.'
Manufacturer Jack Mazin: 'I don't do anything that draws attention to my looks.'
10/4/1979
Ken Rathgeber Stock Trader: 'I was born and raised in Winnipeg so anything looks good to me
Ken Rathgeber Stock Trader: 'I was born and raised in Winnipeg so anything looks good to me
8/31/1992
Bob Couchman. I couldn't care less
Bob Couchman. I couldn't care less
4/22/1970
Leggett: I couldn't care less if someone listened to me
Leggett: I couldn't care less if someone listened to me
10/26/1968
That winning smile on the left comes from Ken Dimson after 30-year-old insurance salesman beat out Wanda Grendys, right, for Liberal nomination in Scarborough-Ellesmere riding this week. I got word the executive was looking for someone to run, said Dimson. I knew there was going to be some time in my life when I was going to run so thought it might as well be now. Victory was an anti-climax.
That winning smile on the left comes from Ken Dimson after 30-year-old insurance salesman beat out Wanda Grendys, right, for Liberal nomination in Scarborough-Ellesmere riding this week. I got word the executive was looking for someone to run, said Dimson. I knew there was going to be some time in my life when I was going to run so thought it might as well be now. Victory was an anti-climax.
5/12/1977
Michael David: I may not be able to hear a babbling brook, but so what? I can still swim in it.
Michael David: I may not be able to hear a babbling brook, but so what? I can still swim in it.
4/23/1987
Manager Joe Carton in the building he knows better than anyone, Massey Hall. He's worked there 53 years, starting as a 14-year-old usher. Sometimes when I shave in the morning, I think I am starting to look like Massey Hall.
Manager Joe Carton in the building he knows better than anyone, Massey Hall. He's worked there 53 years, starting as a 14-year-old usher. Sometimes when I shave in the morning, I think I am starting to look like Massey Hall.
4/14/1981