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bi get

  • v  make children

  • One has to be very careful while coding because one mistake begets another.
  • Critics panned his 2004 thriller The Butterfly Effect, but its title popularized an obscure concept of chaos theory--that small acts can beget far-flung consequences, as a .
  • The idea is that happy, empowered employees beget happy customers.
News & Articles

  • ‘The Conjuring’ Already Set Up With Sequel Plans
    New horror films often seem like a great way to beget a new franchise — there’s a rich tradition of horror film series, after all, and any company releasing horror into movie theaters is easily tempted by the sweet smell of franchise money. And so The Conjuring, which has been the benificiary of rave reviews [...]
    July 16, 2013 - /Film
Quotes

  • Edward R Murrow in Tehelka
    Because, as Murrow said, "A nation of sheep will beget a government of wolves."
  • Robert Gates in KNX1070
    Aside from the chaos that would instantly be sown in the region, success there would beget success on many other fronts as the cancer metastasized further and more rapidly than it already has,said Gates.
  • Trent Lott in World Socialist Web Site
    Epitomizing the unprincipled political maneuvering at work in the Senate, Lott told Roll Call, "Good-faith efforts on one side beget good-faith efforts on the other side."

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