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Bill Sherk: There's a word for people who like to eat and walk at the same time.
Bill Sherk: There's a word for people who like to eat and walk at the same time.

Bill Sherk: There's a word for people who like to eat and walk at the same time.

Date10/3/1979
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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_0133648F
Hooked on words: High school teacher Bill Sherk, 41, has written 500 Years of New Words, in which he lists a word that first appeared in the English language for each year since 1507-that's when America first appeared
Hooked on words: High school teacher Bill Sherk, 41, has written 500 Years of New Words, in which he lists a word that first appeared in the English language for each year since 1507-that's when America first appeared
5/3/1983
Bill Sherk. Starting a dictionary
Bill Sherk. Starting a dictionary
n.d.
Banker Paul Snell says there's no failure yet by Iran to pa its bills.
Banker Paul Snell says there's no failure yet by Iran to pa its bills.
1/25/1979
Mr. Vitamin E, as Bill Gutterson is called, stands in the Rexdale office of Webber Pharmaceuticals Ltd., which has increased sales by 40 per cent over last year. There's been a great revival in vitamin E. It's being used for everything from heart trouble to pollution ailments.
Mr. Vitamin E, as Bill Gutterson is called, stands in the Rexdale office of Webber Pharmaceuticals Ltd., which has increased sales by 40 per cent over last year. There's been a great revival in vitamin E. It's being used for everything from heart trouble to pollution ailments.
10/1/1971
Right step: There's no business like the shoe business for Morry Schwartz of David's
Right step: There's no business like the shoe business for Morry Schwartz of David's
3/2/1989
There's always a job, if only you look for it, Bob and Linda Coopman believe. We both like work and are good at what we do he says.
There's always a job, if only you look for it, Bob and Linda Coopman believe. We both like work and are good at what we do he says.
9/20/1978
Looking over Toronto's railway yards, Sanford Duplassie, 25, left White River in June when CP Rail laid off workers. There's a future here, he says. Only one of his friends has remained in the north. There's nothing there for the younger person. There's no industry. There's nothing. Over half the town is made up of pnsioners. His father is one of them. Sanford's 11 brothers and sisters are scattered across North America, from Texas to British Columbia.
Looking over Toronto's railway yards, Sanford Duplassie, 25, left White River in June when CP Rail laid off workers. There's a future here, he says. Only one of his friends has remained in the north. There's nothing there for the younger person. There's no industry. There's nothing. Over half the town is made up of pnsioners. His father is one of them. Sanford's 11 brothers and sisters are scattered across North America, from Texas to British Columbia.
12/5/1973
Looking over Toronto's railway yards, Sanford Duplassie, 25, left White River in June when CP Rail laid off workers. There's a future here, he says. Only one of his friends has remained in the north. There's nothing there for the younger person. There's no industry. There's nothing. Over half the town is made up of pnsioners. His father is one of them. Sanford's 11 brothers and sisters are scattered across North America, from Texas to British Columbia.
Looking over Toronto's railway yards, Sanford Duplassie, 25, left White River in June when CP Rail laid off workers. There's a future here, he says. Only one of his friends has remained in the north. There's nothing there for the younger person. There's no industry. There's nothing. Over half the town is made up of pnsioners. His father is one of them. Sanford's 11 brothers and sisters are scattered across North America, from Texas to British Columbia.
12/5/1973
Dr. Israel Strashin: There's no time to ask how the kids are.
Dr. Israel Strashin: There's no time to ask how the kids are.
2/5/1982
No Limit: There's all the world as a market, says Paul Law, front, who started St
No Limit: There's all the world as a market, says Paul Law, front, who started St
10/18/1979
No Limit: There's all the world as a market, says Paul Law, front, who started St
No Limit: There's all the world as a market, says Paul Law, front, who started St
10/18/1979
Richard Cooper is a bright student who feels so dedicated to medicien that he plans to attend medical school in a foreign country. He's been turned down at the University of Toronto, even though officials there say he's good enough to be enrolled. But there's no room.
Richard Cooper is a bright student who feels so dedicated to medicien that he plans to attend medical school in a foreign country. He's been turned down at the University of Toronto, even though officials there say he's good enough to be enrolled. But there's no room.
10/26/1971