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Hands on world: David Briggs has passed the test for Operation Raleigh, a British-based program that is culling the toughest survivors from 30 countries to circumnavigate the globe.
Hands on world: David Briggs has passed the test for Operation Raleigh, a British-based program that is culling the toughest survivors from 30 countries to circumnavigate the globe.

Hands on world: David Briggs has passed the test for Operation Raleigh, a British-based program that is culling the toughest survivors from 30 countries to circumnavigate the globe.

Date11/10/1986
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CollectionToronto Star Photograph Archive
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Object NumberTSPA_0125591F
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4/18/1968
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Time for reminiscing: Dr. Andy McGee, one of 191 graduates from the class of '26 at U of T's medical school, points to himself in the graduation photo. Twenty of the 42 survivors of the class will attend a 60-year reunion this week at the Toronto Hunt Club.
6/9/1986
He's staying: Canadian auto parts firms are making a mistake if they think moving operations to countries where wages are lower will cure their problems, says Bob Calder, new chairman of the Automotive Parts Manufacturers Association. Performance is as importance as prices, he argues, suggesting employers should join with workers to improve productivity.
He's staying: Canadian auto parts firms are making a mistake if they think moving operations to countries where wages are lower will cure their problems, says Bob Calder, new chairman of the Automotive Parts Manufacturers Association. Performance is as importance as prices, he argues, suggesting employers should join with workers to improve productivity.
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Jack Dancygier gives his attention to customer Lou Sugar in his barber shop at Adelaide and Peter Sts. His manicurist is Gilda Facoetti. A survivor of the concentration camps of Nazi Germany, Jack is grateful for the peace that has come to him and wife in Canada, where they have raised three sons. He and his wife were married secretly by a rabbi in a concentration camp. Their first son was born there, too.
7/5/1973
Survivor - Dr. henryk Fenigstein. He holds a reproduction of a painting done in the ghetto
Survivor - Dr. henryk Fenigstein. He holds a reproduction of a painting done in the ghetto
4/18/1968
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Present day Phineas Fogg: Toronto resident Nisar Beg took five weeks off from his jot to fulfill his dream of a globe-circling trip.
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Suitcase life: Mark Mobius, manager of Templeton Emerging Markets Fund, travels around the globe about three times a year seeking investments.
Suitcase life: Mark Mobius, manager of Templeton Emerging Markets Fund, travels around the globe about three times a year seeking investments.
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Craig carpenter. 'We're going all out'. Carpenter, as senior project manager for the Department of Supply and Services at the Canadian Government Exposition Centre in Ottawa, is in charge of Canadian exhibits all over the globe. But this is to be the super show of them all, with 29 government departments and crown corporations involved to the hilt. We're going all out for the 100th anniversary of this country's
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