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Word: dorp (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1976-1976
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...ideal lawn mower would be one that makes no noise, consumes no gasoline, emits no noxious fumes, does not rust when left out in the rain-and besides all that, is self-starting and fertilizes grass while cutting it. Anette van Dorp, 22, an enterprising agriculture student in Bonn, West Germany, concluded last year that such a machine already exists-only it is called a sheep. So she persuaded her mother Doris, the wife of a prosperous architect, to lend her $15,700, and last spring set up an ewe business named Gesellschaft fur Schafsverleih (free translation: Rent-a-Sheep...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Business: The Combleat Mower | 5/24/1976 | See Source »

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