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I had never missed a football game in my whole career, not even in schoo, and all of a sudden I had to sit out for seven games. I tried to keep a posi(...)
I had never missed a football game in my whole career, not even in schoo, and all of a sudden I had to sit out for seven games. I tried to keep a posi(...)

I had never missed a football game in my whole career, not even in schoo, and all of a sudden I had to sit out for seven games. I tried to keep a posi(...)

Date11/21/1986
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Original Toronto Star caption: I had never missed a football game in my whole career, not even in schoo, and all of a sudden I had to sit out for seven games. I tried to keep a positive attitude, work hard and get back at it. Despite sitting out nearly half the 18-game regular season, Plesss' contribution to the division leading Argos was so striking that he was a schenley nominee as well as earning an Eastern all-star award. [Incomplete]
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Call Number / Accession NumberTSPA_0073986F
A healthy cut: Fred McGriff, who had missed five games with a sore right hand, showed he was fully recovered with this blast, one of three in the seven-run fourth
A healthy cut: Fred McGriff, who had missed five games with a sore right hand, showed he was fully recovered with this blast, one of three in the seven-run fourth
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Mary Lou Fallis: 'If I wanted to be with my kids and my husband, I had to create my own pieces to balance it all out,' actress says
Mary Lou Fallis: 'If I wanted to be with my kids and my husband, I had to create my own pieces to balance it all out,' actress says
6/25/1991
Jane Froman. I couldn't speak a line on the stage until three years ago-but I have never had the slightest trouble with my singing
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11/19/1941
Dr. Gordon Murray. I tried to get co-operation. I had to work alone
Dr. Gordon Murray. I tried to get co-operation. I had to work alone
11/21/1967
Russ Jackson had never coached a game of pro football when he took over Argos this year
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6/9/1975
John McAreavey: Rights violated because I never tried to conceal I was diabetic
John McAreavey: Rights violated because I never tried to conceal I was diabetic
12/4/1980
Until I was 14 I had my own houseboy to fetch and carry, pump my bike, pick up my dirty socks, writes Rhodesian-born novelist Leon Whiteson
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5/17/1978
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Must leave: I feel like if I had a gun I could put it to my head and pull the trigger, says Hearo Johnson after he and wife Miles lost immigration case
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7/16/1991
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9/11/1989
Ed Mirvish. The Honest One. I had jst been married - it was almost 50 years ago - and I cashed in for $214 my wife's insurance policy to open a store.(...)
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3/16/1988
Manuscript letter in Arthur Conan Doyle's handwriting. 
Undershaw, Hindhead, Haslemere; "My dear Smith; On further thought I really do think that the History should now be ... net... I suppose it would not be possible to sell it cheaper to those who had a previous edition..."
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