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"ref": "1969 January, “Jet Board Corporation”, in MotorBoating, volume 123, number 1, page 371",
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"ref": "2007, Cooperative Living - Volume 62, page 30",
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"text": "A pump unit for a motorboard having a screw disposed in the water when the motorboat is in the water, the screw constituting a propeller for moving the boat along in the water and constituting an impeller when the pump unit claimed hereinbelow is applied thereto, the motorboat also having a structure mountin the screw, the axis of rotation of the screw determing a longitudinal direction extending fore and aft...",
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},
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},
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"ref": "2012, O. C. Ferrell, John Fraedrich, Business Ethics: Ethical Decision Making & Cases",
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},
{
"ref": "2007, Cooperative Living - Volume 62, page 30",
"text": "From green cars, motorboard commuting, to the Luxim microwave bulb — this site merges technology with environmental consciousness to get its own unique version of green-ology.",
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},
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"ref": "2014, Tony Abbott, The Brain That Wouldn't Obey!",
"text": "She roared toward King Spud on her Motorboard. “Here I come!”",
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"type": "quotation"
},
{
"ref": "1987, Official Gazette of the United States Patent and Trademark Office",
"text": "A pump unit for a motorboard having a screw disposed in the water when the motorboat is in the water, the screw constituting a propeller for moving the boat along in the water and constituting an impeller when the pump unit claimed hereinbelow is applied thereto, the motorboat also having a structure mountin the screw, the axis of rotation of the screw determing a longitudinal direction extending fore and aft...",
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