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Rosenthal is the son of a reluctant house painter, a Russian immigrant who was forced to give up fur trapping and trading in Canada and move to the Bronx during the Depression...
...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 Co.). It buys sheep from farmers and rents them to businesses and home owners who want their grass cut cheap...
...thinking of expanding the business by selling partnerships to individuals. For them, the sheepfold could be a tax shelter: Germany levies no taxes on individuals' capital gains from the sale of assets (other than real estate) held for six months, which is just about as long as Gesellschaft fur Schafsverleih plans to own its sheep. Meanwhile, Anette tries to make sure that customers protect the animals from predators of all kinds. She turned down one customer located near a community of Turks who, she feared, might have found the lure of shish kebab on the hoof irresistible...
...sudden disappearance that is compatible with the warmblooded theory: at the end of the Cretaceous era, about 70 million years ago, the earth's climate rapidly cooled. Cold-blooded reptiles, such as turtles and crocodiles, were able to find cozy nooks and survive the winters by hibernating; small, fur-covered mammals built warm nests. Dinosaurs could not. Too big to find protective caves or burrows in which to hibernate, they stayed out in the cold and died...
...fast start too for the Russian fans, who turned out in strength at every event with red flags and bushy fur hats. Their ace speed skater Tatiana Averina won a gold in the 1,000-meter race to go along with two bronze medals in the 500 and 1,500. Galina Stepanskaya, 27, a last-minute addition to the Soviet speed skating team, took the 1,500-meter race. The favored figure-skating duo, Irina Rodnina and Alexander Zaitsev, though performing slightly off their usually impeccable form, easily won the gold medal. Also, the juggernaut Russian hockey team beat...