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What a view: Astronomy professor Robert Roeder of Scarborough College gets ready to focus on the heavens with a 12-inch reflecting telescope.
What a view: Astronomy professor Robert Roeder of Scarborough College gets ready to focus on the heavens with a 12-inch reflecting telescope.

What a view: Astronomy professor Robert Roeder of Scarborough College gets ready to focus on the heavens with a 12-inch reflecting telescope.

Date11/4/1981
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ProvenanceCourtesy: Toronto Star Photograph Archives
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Call Number / Accession NumberTSPA_0132913F
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1745
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In focus: Something about jets up close gets to humans
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The worm turns: John Morand, Scarborough's economic development commissioner, fishes the Civic Centre's reflecting pool while pondering his rather fishy tourism plan
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His mentor: One-armed fencer Francois Roeder, who helped Gary Rangasamy overcome some fears about having his arm amputated, videotapes wife Karen, and 2-week-old son Sebastien
His mentor: One-armed fencer Francois Roeder, who helped Gary Rangasamy overcome some fears about having his arm amputated, videotapes wife Karen, and 2-week-old son Sebastien
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Taking a study session, Professor John Lee, in striped shirt, Jeans against filing cabinet as he makes a point to students at the University of Toronto's Scarborough College
Taking a study session, Professor John Lee, in striped shirt, Jeans against filing cabinet as he makes a point to students at the University of Toronto's Scarborough College
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