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Tall gimmick: McMurtry supporters rose to great heights for their candidate in the recent Tory convention, but it wasn't enough Reader says the convention's gimmickery was insulting
Tall gimmick: McMurtry supporters rose to great heights for their candidate in the recent Tory convention, but it wasn't enough Reader says the convention's gimmickery was insulting

Tall gimmick: McMurtry supporters rose to great heights for their candidate in the recent Tory convention, but it wasn't enough Reader says the convention's gimmickery was insulting

Date2/12/1985
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Original Toronto Star caption: Tall gimmick: McMurtry supporters rose to great heights for their candidate in the recent Tory convention; but it wasn't enough Reader says the convention's gimmickery was insulting.
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      ProvenanceFrom the Toronto Star Archives
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