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Is this dancing bear at the moscow circus the same one Gary Lautens saw on his trip to the Soviet Union? His children wouldn't ask, his son liked the lady better
Is this dancing bear at the moscow circus the same one Gary Lautens saw on his trip to the Soviet Union? His children wouldn't ask, his son liked the lady better

Is this dancing bear at the moscow circus the same one Gary Lautens saw on his trip to the Soviet Union? His children wouldn't ask, his son liked the lady better

Date8/13/1988
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  • Is this dancing bear at the moscow circus the same one Gary Lautens saw on his trip to the Soviet Union? His children wouldn't ask; his son liked the lady better.
  • Is this dancing bear at the moscow circus the same one Gary Lautens saw on his trip to the Soviet Union? His children wouldn't ask, his son liked the lady better
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Original Toronto Star caption: Is this dancing bear at the moscow circus the same one Gary Lautens saw on his trip to the Soviet Union? His children wouldn't ask, his son liked the lady better.
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      Gary Lautens exposes his secret weapon. 'The ladies go mad', he says
      Gary Lautens exposes his secret weapon. 'The ladies go mad', he says
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      Gary Lautens and his 14-year-old son Richard hug. Richard looks a bit reluctant, don't you agree?
      Gary Lautens and his 14-year-old son Richard hug. Richard looks a bit reluctant, don't you agree?
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      Sign here, kid: Gary Lautens, The Star's executive managing editor, put his back into it last night as Second City actor Bruce Pirrie signed program for Priness and Harold Sand, who had dinner with Lautens and attended show at Old Firehall after paying $4
      Cusano, Jack
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      Kisses for Gary: Star columnist Gary Lautens got a big kiss on the cheek from Jean Bradley, chairman of the Stephen Leacock awards committee after receiving the Leacock Memorial Award for Humor for his book, Take My Family
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      19 years ago: How Gary Lautens looked on Jan. 29. 1963, when he wrote his first humor column.
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      Star columnist Gary Lautens, who doesn't get along very well with the month of March and has managed to escape part of it with a weekend in Paris with his wife Jackie, tries for the debonair look with French beret and moustache
      Lautens, Gary, 1928-
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      Like father, like daughter: Columnist Gary Lautens says his daughter Jane lamented the family nose - until the strawberry rhubarb pie season proved it had a use
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      Gary Lautens presents his Superman contest winner: Dennis Cook, 34, of Scarborough
      Gary Lautens presents his Superman contest winner: Dennis Cook, 34, of Scarborough
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      A fine newsboy: Star carrier Alan Macdonald of Etobicoke won warm congratuations from Gary Lautens, executive managing editor, for phoning The Star immediately when he saw a man going over Horseshoe Falls in Niagara last Sept
      Beaty, Keith
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      Bear trot: Dancing bears like Knopa at the Moscow Circus get enough exercise outside their cages, an Ontario Human Society inspector said yesterday
      Moscow Circus
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      Gary Lautens, wife, Jackie, and oldest child, Stephen, 13, leave for Austria on a trip to dig into family's past in search of a link with the present
      Lautens, Gary, 1928-
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      Dancing bear: Raisa and Grant Ibragimov's bruins are among Moscow Circus acts performing at CNE bigtop
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