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It was the longest two minutes of Randy Audas' life. Locked in a 45-gallon drum of water, the 18-year-old amateur escape artist from Mississauga was unable to free himself during a school talent show and almost lost his life. [Incomplete]
It was the longest two minutes of Randy Audas' life. Locked in a 45-gallon drum of water, the 18-year-old amateur escape artist from Mississauga was unable to free himself during a school talent show and almost lost his life. [Incomplete]

It was the longest two minutes of Randy Audas' life. Locked in a 45-gallon drum of water, the 18-year-old amateur escape artist from Mississauga was unable to free himself during a school talent show and almost lost his life. [Incomplete]

Date3/12/1990
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ProvenanceFrom the Toronto Star Archives
CollectionToronto Star Photograph Archive
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Copyright HolderToronto Star (Firm)
Call Number / Accession NumberTSPA_0125095F
At right, amateur escape artist Jim Newman allowed himself to be trussed up and hung from his heels at Humber College
At right, amateur escape artist Jim Newman allowed himself to be trussed up and hung from his heels at Humber College
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On the move: Student Joe Costa, 18, bones up on a course during his 45-minute bus trip to and from Bloor Collegiate every school day from the Dufferin-Wilson area. The quality of education of Bloor makes the travelling worthwhilek, he says. I'd rather not go to a technical school.
On the move: Student Joe Costa, 18, bones up on a course during his 45-minute bus trip to and from Bloor Collegiate every school day from the Dufferin-Wilson area. The quality of education of Bloor makes the travelling worthwhilek, he says. I'd rather not go to a technical school.
1/23/1986
For giant thirsts. Tom Culligan, founder and president of the Second Cup group of coffee houses, pours coffee into a giant cup (in reality a 50-gallon drum) at a meeting of franchisees at the Ramada Renaissance Hotel yesterday. Culligan opened his first outlet 13 years ago.
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I just met a man who doesn't have a single complaint. Sik Kan Chung is 91. It took him 15 minutes to walk across the park to Woodgreen Community Centre from his place to meet me. Ten years ago it took him only 10 minutes. Another 10 years, maybe it will take half an hour, he said, laughing so hard his glasses slid down his nose. [Incomplete]
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