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Flood of calls: Brian Donlevy in NDP office takes one of 500 messages from TV viewers backing Kormos.
Flood of calls: Brian Donlevy in NDP office takes one of 500 messages from TV viewers backing Kormos.

Flood of calls: Brian Donlevy in NDP office takes one of 500 messages from TV viewers backing Kormos.

Date4/27/1990
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Arthur F. Knowles: TV Ontario's plea for funds from its viewers is alarming in view of the fact that the station has done so poorly with the $30 million already provided by the taxpayers, reader says. Crown corporation can't begin to compete with Buffalo's PBS station.
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A plant doctor who makes house calls is 25-year-old Brian Murphy, who sometimes takes a terminally wilting patient back to his apartment for round-the-clock care among the 60 plants already in residence
A plant doctor who makes house calls is 25-year-old Brian Murphy, who sometimes takes a terminally wilting patient back to his apartment for round-the-clock care among the 60 plants already in residence
5/29/1974
Back bench: A defiant Peter Kormos takes a back seat in the Legislaature last Monday, the day he was fired from cabinet by Premier Bob Rae
Back bench: A defiant Peter Kormos takes a back seat in the Legislaature last Monday, the day he was fired from cabinet by Premier Bob Rae
3/18/1991
Wall to wall games: Mattel Electronics has introduced a new system that allows viewers to play all kinds of electronic games on their television sets
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Michael Edwards, left, and Bruce MacDonald use the technique of giving an incomplete messge to try to draw viewers into an ad.
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He's had it: Brian Mulroney of Toronto sits in his law office and wonders how many more calls he will have to field for his distant cousi, the new Progressive Conservative leader
He's had it: Brian Mulroney of Toronto sits in his law office and wonders how many more calls he will have to field for his distant cousi, the new Progressive Conservative leader
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Booted out: New Democrat Peter Kormos, fired yesterday from his dual cabinet posts, retreated to his Yonge St. office yesterday.
Booted out: New Democrat Peter Kormos, fired yesterday from his dual cabinet posts, retreated to his Yonge St. office yesterday.
3/18/1991
Foster Smith, whose lanterns carry messages of peace and love, has been visiting Metro schools talking about conflict resolution.
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7/26/1990
I'm always meeting people,' streetcleaner Fred Bowers, 64, says as he talks with George Fallis, an attorney who lives on Strathallan Blvd. Most persons on his beat know Bowers, who finds lost children and delivers messages - and, off duty, collect cameras, processes still and movie films, fishes and ties flies.
I'm always meeting people,' streetcleaner Fred Bowers, 64, says as he talks with George Fallis, an attorney who lives on Strathallan Blvd. Most persons on his beat know Bowers, who finds lost children and delivers messages - and, off duty, collect cameras, processes still and movie films, fishes and ties flies.
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Dramatic effect: Len Sylvester, general manager of the Construction Safety Association, says the commercials' scare tactics, right and above, are used to emphasize important messages and have acted as a catalyst in reducing accidents
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10/25/1984
Busy Weekend: Bleary-eyed TV viewers will need a few days to rest following a weekend of home runs at the skyDome, a dandy Derby finish and some Hawk-Ish hockey
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Jennifer Dale: Viewers seemed less intrested in the protagonist Vanderberg than his comely accomplice, who deserves a series of her own, TV Critic Jim Bawden reports
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7/25/1983