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Help from friends: Don Mercer uses his tongue to operate the special remote unit give to him by the March of Dimes
Help from friends: Don Mercer uses his tongue to operate the special remote unit give to him by the March of Dimes

Help from friends: Don Mercer uses his tongue to operate the special remote unit give to him by the March of Dimes

Date9/16/1981
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  • Help from friends: Don Mercer uses his tongue to operate the special remote unit give to him by the March of Dimes
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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_0130798F
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Still friends are Marsh Cooper, right, president of Falconbridge Nickel Mines, who talks with sharehoder E. M. Beals, 74, who flew in from Boston to question plan to create 3 million new special preferred shares. Stockholders gave company the right to raise up to $75 million by selling shares, primarily to banks.
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Glenn Harvey, left, and John Kennedy with their battery-powered unit that uses burst of light to cure dental fillings and other materials.
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Rob Herman: Landlord won't sink another dime into apartment buildings.
Rob Herman: Landlord won't sink another dime into apartment buildings.
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The old 25-cent ticket John Mahoney is holding outside the Osgoode subway station should still pay for a ride, without the extra 10 cents, he says, and he's suing the TTC to get back the dime he had to pay Monday morning
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