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Whiz kid: Cary Timar, a 14-year-old University of Toronto schools student beat 26,141 others in a Canada-wide math contest and it was a lot easier than I expected
Whiz kid: Cary Timar, a 14-year-old University of Toronto schools student beat 26,141 others in a Canada-wide math contest and it was a lot easier than I expected

Whiz kid: Cary Timar, a 14-year-old University of Toronto schools student beat 26,141 others in a Canada-wide math contest and it was a lot easier than I expected

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Alex Lee reacts to the news he placed first in the Euclid Contest, a cross-Canada math test for 10,000 Grade 12 students, sponsored by the University of Waterloo
Alex Lee reacts to the news he placed first in the Euclid Contest, a cross-Canada math test for 10,000 Grade 12 students, sponsored by the University of Waterloo
5/14/1992
Math whiz: Fuschia Future's best subject in school was geometry and that showed through strongest when she taught herself fashion design
Math whiz: Fuschia Future's best subject in school was geometry and that showed through strongest when she taught herself fashion design
6/14/1983
Hot stuff: Stephen Sandler, 20-year-old whiz kid shows off his justly famed sweet 'n hot Russian-style mustard.
Hot stuff: Stephen Sandler, 20-year-old whiz kid shows off his justly famed sweet 'n hot Russian-style mustard.
5/9/1983
Electronics whiz kid Paul Styles, 14, sits at the master control panel in his Laurentide Dr home
Electronics whiz kid Paul Styles, 14, sits at the master control panel in his Laurentide Dr home
7/3/1969
Serge Robidas, Seven-year-old Serge Robidas reads very well and I especially like the math that we have to do -- stuff like one plus one and three plus two
Serge Robidas, Seven-year-old Serge Robidas reads very well and I especially like the math that we have to do -- stuff like one plus one and three plus two
8/9/1989
W. H. Thornburn, chairman of the Toronto Stock Exchange board of governors, sees a small revival of confidence by Canadian investors, but much less than I had expected by this time. He forecasts continued sluggishness in trading until corporate earnings improve. Thornburn thinks there could be new speculation in oil and gas stocks when results of winter drilling become available. Cost-cutting and other controls have prepared brokers for any new storms, he says.
W. H. Thornburn, chairman of the Toronto Stock Exchange board of governors, sees a small revival of confidence by Canadian investors, but much less than I had expected by this time. He forecasts continued sluggishness in trading until corporate earnings improve. Thornburn thinks there could be new speculation in oil and gas stocks when results of winter drilling become available. Cost-cutting and other controls have prepared brokers for any new storms, he says.
12/31/1970
Alastait Rucklldge: He'll represent Canada at an international math contest in Hungary.
Alastait Rucklldge: He'll represent Canada at an international math contest in Hungary.
6/18/1982
Manager Joe Carton in the building he knows better than anyone, Massey Hall. He's worked there 53 years, starting as a 14-year-old usher. Sometimes when I shave in the morning, I think I am starting to look like Massey Hall.
Manager Joe Carton in the building he knows better than anyone, Massey Hall. He's worked there 53 years, starting as a 14-year-old usher. Sometimes when I shave in the morning, I think I am starting to look like Massey Hall.
4/14/1981
Using his head: Rick sipos, right, shows fellow students how, by using a device strapped to his head, he typed an essat on Orwell's Nineteen Eighty-Four that won his school's literary contest
Using his head: Rick sipos, right, shows fellow students how, by using a device strapped to his head, he typed an essat on Orwell's Nineteen Eighty-Four that won his school's literary contest
3/28/1984
Howie Seiden, 18, works with Camera writing essay on math. Grade 13 student at Bathurst Heights Secondary School worked two months on film
Howie Seiden, 18, works with Camera writing essay on math. Grade 13 student at Bathurst Heights Secondary School worked two months on film
2/5/1968
Winning format: Charles Ledger, whose Zion Heights school students regularly win national math tests, instructs Ingrid Goh.
Winning format: Charles Ledger, whose Zion Heights school students regularly win national math tests, instructs Ingrid Goh.
2/6/1992
Roberta Bondar, Canada's first female astronaut, urges more than 800 female students to have a dream in life, to study science and math and set their (...)
Roberta Bondar, Canada's first female astronaut, urges more than 800 female students to have a dream in life, to study science and math and set their (...)
5/21/1987