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Lenny Cohen, 21, fought back against insensitive education system to become a school success story.
Lenny Cohen, 21, fought back against insensitive education system to become a school success story.

Lenny Cohen, 21, fought back against insensitive education system to become a school success story.

Date6/1/1992
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Ticket fight: Law student Robert Cooper leans on a parking meter outside old city hall courts yesterday where he successfully fought against Toronto's sliding parking fine system.
Ticket fight: Law student Robert Cooper leans on a parking meter outside old city hall courts yesterday where he successfully fought against Toronto's sliding parking fine system.
1/26/1988
Critical of Canadian education system: George Martell, one of the founders of This Magazine is About Schools, a periodical dealing with concepts of education, has edited book titled The Politics of the Canadian Public School, a radical look at the school system
Critical of Canadian education system: George Martell, one of the founders of This Magazine is About Schools, a periodical dealing with concepts of education, has edited book titled The Politics of the Canadian Public School, a radical look at the school system
7/24/1974
Filling need: Ted Shafron, left, president of KTS Systems Group, and Gary Tile, vice-president, are finding success in selling specialized computer systems by concentrating on three disparate groups - advertising agencies, non-profit organizations and private schools
Filling need: Ted Shafron, left, president of KTS Systems Group, and Gary Tile, vice-president, are finding success in selling specialized computer systems by concentrating on three disparate groups - advertising agencies, non-profit organizations and private schools
1/8/1988
Support for alternative schools: The real issue on private schools, says Lyle McBurney, is can parents have the freedom to select a school with a cultural, religious or special education dimension unavailable from the public system?
Support for alternative schools: The real issue on private schools, says Lyle McBurney, is can parents have the freedom to select a school with a cultural, religious or special education dimension unavailable from the public system?
10/14/1981
Success story: Saul Podemski, left, and high school friend Michael Rose launched their 104-page directory of alternative medicine in 1984
Success story: Saul Podemski, left, and high school friend Michael Rose launched their 104-page directory of alternative medicine in 1984
4/24/1989
High hopes: Ernie and Louise MacKay of Brampton have high expectations for their 23-year-old son Stephen, who has fought back from severe brain injuries suffered in a bar incident three years ago
High hopes: Ernie and Louise MacKay of Brampton have high expectations for their 23-year-old son Stephen, who has fought back from severe brain injuries suffered in a bar incident three years ago
7/1/1987
Ladder of success: Peter McClusky, 21, at right, and his brother, Michael, 19, discuss their new house-painting business
Ladder of success: Peter McClusky, 21, at right, and his brother, Michael, 19, discuss their new house-painting business
6/12/1984
New man at Sick Kids: David Martin, who has headed the financially troubled Toronto East General Hospital for the past four years, becomes president of the Hospital For Sick Children April 21
New man at Sick Kids: David Martin, who has headed the financially troubled Toronto East General Hospital for the past four years, becomes president of the Hospital For Sick Children April 21
1/15/1986
Soft universities: Ike Blonder, head of Blonder-Tongue Laboratories of the U.S., believes Canadian and American educational systems must become much more demanding before the two countries can really compete with the excellently prepared and ambitious Japanese and Europeans.
Soft universities: Ike Blonder, head of Blonder-Tongue Laboratories of the U.S., believes Canadian and American educational systems must become much more demanding before the two countries can really compete with the excellently prepared and ambitious Japanese and Europeans.
6/10/1981
Helen and Doug Spears with their sons Lenny, 14, and David, 11
Helen and Doug Spears with their sons Lenny, 14, and David, 11
12/13/1985
Campaigning by horse and buggy, Gordon Clarke, running for alderman in Scarborough's Ward 12, hands a pamphlet to his neighbor Aubrey Crowhurst, who owns the horse, My Lenny Boy, and the buggy, an antique built by the McLaughlin Carriage Works. Clarke lives in a century-old farmhouse off Meadow-vale Rd. West Hill. He's also using a mobile home in his campaign. Advance polling in city and boroughs will be tomorrow, next Thrusday and next Saturday.
Campaigning by horse and buggy, Gordon Clarke, running for alderman in Scarborough's Ward 12, hands a pamphlet to his neighbor Aubrey Crowhurst, who owns the horse, My Lenny Boy, and the buggy, an antique built by the McLaughlin Carriage Works. Clarke lives in a century-old farmhouse off Meadow-vale Rd. West Hill. He's also using a mobile home in his campaign. Advance polling in city and boroughs will be tomorrow, next Thrusday and next Saturday.
11/21/1974
A day at the opera: Rock writer Lenny Stoute scouts out O'Keefe Centre for those more familiar with Axi Rose than Yoko Watanabe.
A day at the opera: Rock writer Lenny Stoute scouts out O'Keefe Centre for those more familiar with Axi Rose than Yoko Watanabe.
1/28/1992