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Charting the path: University of Toronto sociologist John Lee, above, gets romantic message from Valentine's Day cards at the Women's Emporium on Queen St
Charting the path: University of Toronto sociologist John Lee, above, gets romantic message from Valentine's Day cards at the Women's Emporium on Queen St

Charting the path: University of Toronto sociologist John Lee, above, gets romantic message from Valentine's Day cards at the Women's Emporium on Queen St

Date2/10/1981
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I hope he doesn't stop, Meryl Dunsmore comments of the secret admirer who has been sending her cards every Valentine's Day for 44 years. She has no id(...)
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Leo Davids, a York University sociologist, predicts radical new marriages are coming - in which romantic love will practically disapear.
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11/30/1971
Llen prunes a plant in the nursery of and Cullen Pool and Garden Centres. He his customers a bonus in the forum of a newsletter he mails out to 24,000 homes nine times, a year. The newsletter is so well read that Cullen gets fan letters, thank-you notes and greeting cards. Ministers ask permissin to quote from the publication to illustrate a talk or sermon. Cullen's letters are chatty and keep him in touch with his clientele. [Incomplete]
Llen prunes a plant in the nursery of and Cullen Pool and Garden Centres. He his customers a bonus in the forum of a newsletter he mails out to 24,000 homes nine times, a year. The newsletter is so well read that Cullen gets fan letters, thank-you notes and greeting cards. Ministers ask permissin to quote from the publication to illustrate a talk or sermon. Cullen's letters are chatty and keep him in touch with his clientele. [Incomplete]
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2/26/1985
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12/7/1977
Card tricks: John Miller, the owner of SWAK, wants to take greeting cards into a new wave style
Card tricks: John Miller, the owner of SWAK, wants to take greeting cards into a new wave style
10/12/1979
James D. Robinson III, chairman of New York based American Express Co., pictured at the Toronto Stock Exchange where his company's shares were listed for the first time yesterday. The firm is currently facing a challenge to its domination of the travellers' cheque market from Visa and Master Charge, whose credit cards dominate the international bank card scene. Master Charge hopes to be in the business by next May and Visa will make a decision shortly.
James D. Robinson III, chairman of New York based American Express Co., pictured at the Toronto Stock Exchange where his company's shares were listed for the first time yesterday. The firm is currently facing a challenge to its domination of the travellers' cheque market from Visa and Master Charge, whose credit cards dominate the international bank card scene. Master Charge hopes to be in the business by next May and Visa will make a decision shortly.
9/18/1978
New-style greetings: Cards and other items featuring the Ziggy doll helped Carlton Cards gross $10 million in three years, says marketing vice-president Howard McGirr
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12/21/1983
Proud author: University of Waterloo sociologist Mark Nagler's new text, Perspectives on Disability, almost fell through the cracks, he says.
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Charting the path
Charting the path
9/24/1984
Reginald Bibby: Sociologist says Evangelists get few unchurched converts.
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5/25/1976
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