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Talking tough. It's like having mother there to urge you on. Or so the California manufacturer claims for the Powercise, which uses a computerized voi(...)
Talking tough. It's like having mother there to urge you on. Or so the California manufacturer claims for the Powercise, which uses a computerized voi(...)

Talking tough. It's like having mother there to urge you on. Or so the California manufacturer claims for the Powercise, which uses a computerized voi(...)

Date1/25/1989
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Original Toronto Star caption: Talking tough. It's like having mother there to urge you on. Or so the California manufacturer claims for the Powercise, which uses a computerized voice to encourage - or scold. some Toronto clubs already have Powercises.
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      ProvenanceFrom the Toronto Star Archives
      CollectionToronto Star Photograph Archive
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      Copyright HolderToronto Star (Firm)
      Object NumberTSPA_0092997F
      Designing computer: Project specialist Jim Crichton uses a computer hooked up to a video display terminal to produce designs at a Hamilton metal working firm. A Canadian Manufacturers' Association survey has found most companies do not use computerized drafting.
      Designing computer: Project specialist Jim Crichton uses a computer hooked up to a video display terminal to produce designs at a Hamilton metal working firm. A Canadian Manufacturers' Association survey has found most companies do not use computerized drafting.
      Beaty, Keith
      3/4/1982
      This forked divining rod twitches when there's water near, claims gaunt, sinewy William Neil of Rostrevor, Lake Rosseau who uses it with considerable (...)
      This forked divining rod twitches when there's water near, claims gaunt, sinewy William Neil of Rostrevor, Lake Rosseau who uses it with considerable (...)
      Toronto Star (Firm)
      10/2/1937
      . . . and away: Sidney Ledson, who claims he can put any child well on the way to reading in just 60 days, uses letter and combinations of letters to help three tiny pupils. Left to right are Michael D'Alessandro, 3, Sarah Jayne Puppi, 2, and Jacqueline Symons, 3. Ledson has written two books on the subject.
      . . . and away: Sidney Ledson, who claims he can put any child well on the way to reading in just 60 days, uses letter and combinations of letters to help three tiny pupils. Left to right are Michael D'Alessandro, 3, Sarah Jayne Puppi, 2, and Jacqueline Symons, 3. Ledson has written two books on the subject.
      Slaughter, Mike
      11/30/1983
      Brantford has an edge in its battle with Boston, which also claims telephone's invention
      Brantford has an edge in its battle with Boston, which also claims telephone's invention
      Bell, Alexander Graham, 1847-1922
      6/27/1946
      Mild winter coming? A mild winter is coming, according to the Farmers' Almanac, which its editor-publisher Ray Geiger (above) claims is 85 per cent ac(...)
      Mild winter coming? A mild winter is coming, according to the Farmers' Almanac, which its editor-publisher Ray Geiger (above) claims is 85 per cent ac(...)
      Geiger, Ray, 1910-1984
      10/31/1969
      Have you ever met a talking car?, Police Week staged by the four-month-old Peel Regional Police Force included its talking police car, which Policewom(...)
      Have you ever met a talking car?, Police Week staged by the four-month-old Peel Regional Police Force included its talking police car, which Policewom(...)
      Calleja, Frank
      5/16/1974
      Glenn Babb: South Africa's tough-talking ambassador to Canada leaves for home April 3, calling for Ottawa to tone down its rhetoric against his country and improve its understanding
      Glenn Babb: South Africa's tough-talking ambassador to Canada leaves for home April 3, calling for Ottawa to tone down its rhetoric against his country and improve its understanding
      Babb, Glen
      1/30/1987
      Australia claims that the surf of its southern ocean beats anything the Atlantic or Pacific can show
      Australia claims that the surf of its southern ocean beats anything the Atlantic or Pacific can show
      Toronto Star (Firm)
      7/13/1946
      The Oregon territory. : Claims thereto of England and America considered, its condition and prospects
      The Oregon territory. : Claims thereto of England and America considered, its condition and prospects
      Richard Bentley (Firm)
      1846
      Notices on the claims of the Hudson's Bay company and the conduct of its adversaries
      Notices on the claims of the Hudson's Bay company and the conduct of its adversaries
      Gale, Samuel, 1783-1865
      1817
      Methadone, a synthetic narcotic mixed with orange juice and given to addicts to get them off heroin, is already in use in Metro. The Le-Dain commission urges its use be increased
      Methadone, a synthetic narcotic mixed with orange juice and given to addicts to get them off heroin, is already in use in Metro. The Le-Dain commission urges its use be increased
      Barkley, Harold
      1/5/1972
      Ambulance services in Metro are terrible, claims George Christian, a provincial ambulance supervisor whose mother Florence, 73, had a heart attack in March. He said he had time to bathe and dress her before ambulance arrived.
      Ambulance services in Metro are terrible, claims George Christian, a provincial ambulance supervisor whose mother Florence, 73, had a heart attack in March. He said he had time to bathe and dress her before ambulance arrived.
      Bull, Ron
      7/19/1974