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If you can't buy gold, try the Sterling/F10
If you can't buy gold, try the Sterling/F10

If you can't buy gold, try the Sterling/F10

Date12/12/1979
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ProvenanceCourtesy: Toronto Star Photograph Archives
CollectionToronto Star Photograph Archive
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Copyright HolderToronto Star (Firm)
Call Number / Accession NumberTSPA_0132838F
A Porsche: You can't buy a plane like this, Les Horvath says. This is a Porsche, a special machine.... if you want this, you have to build it.
A Porsche: You can't buy a plane like this, Les Horvath says. This is a Porsche, a special machine.... if you want this, you have to build it.
12/12/1988
Michel-Alain Forgues is up to his neck in his work, a sterling silver, niobium and 18 karat gold necklace priced at $2200
Michel-Alain Forgues is up to his neck in his work, a sterling silver, niobium and 18 karat gold necklace priced at $2200
2/5/1987
Hitting the jackpot: Graeme Stewart, 44 turned silver into gold when the sterling tankard he holds was sold at auction for $70,000
Hitting the jackpot: Graeme Stewart, 44 turned silver into gold when the sterling tankard he holds was sold at auction for $70,000
5/28/1985
hristmas Ribbon. on this $23,000 Aston Martin symbolizes dealer hn Cox's hope that somebody will buy it as a gift for a loved one. obody's taken up his offer of Christmas morning delivery yet, but other expensive items are being snapped up around Toronto. Jewelry, fur coats an gold toothpicks are big with those who don't insist on sensible gifts. Some teenagers don't mind paying $100 for a gold chain. [Incomplete]
hristmas Ribbon. on this $23,000 Aston Martin symbolizes dealer hn Cox's hope that somebody will buy it as a gift for a loved one. obody's taken up his offer of Christmas morning delivery yet, but other expensive items are being snapped up around Toronto. Jewelry, fur coats an gold toothpicks are big with those who don't insist on sensible gifts. Some teenagers don't mind paying $100 for a gold chain. [Incomplete]
12/13/1972
Widow Doreen Tanghe lost her job and now fears she'll lose her house. New parents Neville and Loretta D'Souza can't afford to buy anything but food.
Widow Doreen Tanghe lost her job and now fears she'll lose her house. New parents Neville and Loretta D'Souza can't afford to buy anything but food.
11/6/1991
Good prospects: Brown-McDade Resources president Charlie Scott, left, and vice-president Jack Helpert would like to develop their gold claim in Denton Township near Timmins but can't afford to alone
Good prospects: Brown-McDade Resources president Charlie Scott, left, and vice-president Jack Helpert would like to develop their gold claim in Denton Township near Timmins but can't afford to alone
11/17/1983
Wheeling and dealing: The Lord may not buy you a Mercedes Benz but you can rent yourself one from Executive Choice Auto Rentals
Wheeling and dealing: The Lord may not buy you a Mercedes Benz but you can rent yourself one from Executive Choice Auto Rentals
7/4/1984
The social worker can't walk in any more and announce that you can't be a mother' Colin Maloney, executive director of the Catholic Children's Aid Society
The social worker can't walk in any more and announce that you can't be a mother' Colin Maloney, executive director of the Catholic Children's Aid Society
7/10/1987
Labor shortage: Government training centres can't produce skilled workers, complains Leo Denz, and another section of the same federal government says you can't bring in skilled immigrants.'
Labor shortage: Government training centres can't produce skilled workers, complains Leo Denz, and another section of the same federal government says you can't bring in skilled immigrants.'
6/3/1981
Davies: People say you can't legislate against madness. But you don't have to aid and abet it.
Davies: People say you can't legislate against madness. But you don't have to aid and abet it.
2/23/1990
Richard Stuart. Yo-yo syndrome. Assume that like most of us these days you're struggling to stick to the sensible diet. Still you can't seem to resist snacking on a hot dog smothered with onions, relish and mustard at a baseball game or a rock conert. How do you break your automatic habit pattern? That question was put to Dr. Richard B. Stuart, psychological director of the 600,000 members of Weight Watchers International. He was in Toronto recently to promote his new Book of the Month Club bestseller, Act Thin, Stay Thin (George J. McLeod, $11.50).
Richard Stuart. Yo-yo syndrome. Assume that like most of us these days you're struggling to stick to the sensible diet. Still you can't seem to resist snacking on a hot dog smothered with onions, relish and mustard at a baseball game or a rock conert. How do you break your automatic habit pattern? That question was put to Dr. Richard B. Stuart, psychological director of the 600,000 members of Weight Watchers International. He was in Toronto recently to promote his new Book of the Month Club bestseller, Act Thin, Stay Thin (George J. McLeod, $11.50).
8/29/1978
Musical phone plays the market. Touch-tone telephone, demonstrated by Bell vice-president M.N. Davies, can, via a computer link, buy your groceries, place your stock market orders or keep you nicely seperated from your bank manager by doing your banking.
Musical phone plays the market. Touch-tone telephone, demonstrated by Bell vice-president M.N. Davies, can, via a computer link, buy your groceries, place your stock market orders or keep you nicely seperated from your bank manager by doing your banking.
2/20/1969