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Let's do lunch. Mayor Art Eggleton got a noon visit yesterday from Gong Gong, a performing panda in the Great Circus of China that's at Maple Leaf Gardens through Sunday
Let's do lunch. Mayor Art Eggleton got a noon visit yesterday from Gong Gong, a performing panda in the Great Circus of China that's at Maple Leaf Gardens through Sunday

Let's do lunch. Mayor Art Eggleton got a noon visit yesterday from Gong Gong, a performing panda in the Great Circus of China that's at Maple Leaf Gardens through Sunday

Date10/24/1988
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  • Let's do lunch. Mayor Art Eggleton got a noon visit yesterday from Gong Gong, a performing panda in the Great Circus of China that's at Maple Leaf Gardens through Sunday
  • Let's do lunch. Mayor Art Eggleton got a noon visit yesterday from Gong Gong; a performing panda in the Great Circus of China that's at Maple Leaf Gardens through Sunday.
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Original Toronto Star caption: Let's do lunch. Mayor Art Eggleton got a noon visit yesterday from Gong Gong; a performing panda in the Great Circus of China that's at Maple Leaf Gardens through Sunday.
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