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Chairman Roy McMurtry, who admitted he was caught off guard by yesterday's mumbo-jumbo about the National Football League coming to Toronto, was too p(...)
Chairman Roy McMurtry, who admitted he was caught off guard by yesterday's mumbo-jumbo about the National Football League coming to Toronto, was too p(...)

Chairman Roy McMurtry, who admitted he was caught off guard by yesterday's mumbo-jumbo about the National Football League coming to Toronto, was too p(...)

Date2/1/1989
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Original Toronto Star caption: Chairman Roy McMurtry, who admitted he was caught off guard by yesterday's mumbo-jumbo about the National Football League coming to Toronto, was too polite last night to simply say, Yeah . . . when pigs fly.
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