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Good fortune: Sunny, right, and Edmond Lee run Far East Food Products of Toronto, a company that makes 120,000 fortune cookies a day.
Good fortune: Sunny, right, and Edmond Lee run Far East Food Products of Toronto, a company that makes 120,000 fortune cookies a day.

Good fortune: Sunny, right, and Edmond Lee run Far East Food Products of Toronto, a company that makes 120,000 fortune cookies a day.

Date1/31/1984
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ProvenanceCourtesy: Toronto Star Photograph Archives
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Call Number / Accession NumberTSPA_0129315F
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Apple Canada's action is part of our company's world-wide commitment to defend the programs which make out products unique and popular, company president David Killins said in a statemetn
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