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Bed-top publisher: Quadriplegic jack McLellan operates a publishing business from his bed at Whitby General Hosptial.
Bed-top publisher: Quadriplegic jack McLellan operates a publishing business from his bed at Whitby General Hosptial.

Bed-top publisher: Quadriplegic jack McLellan operates a publishing business from his bed at Whitby General Hosptial.

Date11/19/1989
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Call Number / Accession NumberTSPA_0130132F
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Circular Bed is where Savo Bojicie likes to lounge, spread out his papers and do lots of his creative work. The large bedroom area is designed like a small apartment where Savo and his wife can escape from the children and be alone. The bed has subtle light flowing out from underneath and it makes you feel as if you're floating in space, he said.
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He's bullish: Stock-market analyst Richard Dorman says cemetery business of Arbor Resources, which operates under the name Memorial Gardens, is virtually recession-proof and offers promising growth.
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Show of strength: Hakan Colting, owner of Rent-an-Inflatable Inc., hoists an inflatable pickup truck to show off his company's product. Colting's firm, which operates out of his Newmarket home, supplies businesses with inflatables for use as advertisements.
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Construction King: Mark Lawee, 15, knows how to use the chain saw he The tennager, who enters Grade 9 next month, operates his own contracting and has had up to five adults working for him, He's saving for a used truck
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Fighting from his bed in his home on Finch Ave
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