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...rapidly did this mechanical wonder beget thousands of other mechanical wonders sputtering over the land that young Edsel had no time for college. He pulled on greasy overalls, went into the shop at 19. The lessons were hard, the hours long, the examinations unexpected. His keen blue eyes sparkling, Henry loped through the shop tangling routine, creating problems, leaving them for young Edsel to solve...
...state of Ohio is truly in labor, it would appear she is about to beget a mouse, in keeping with her tradition of bringing forth inconsequential Presidents all the way from the inept Grant to the incredible Harding. If the Republicans are so blind as to think the country desires a return to Harding normalcy, and are making ready to nominate another nonentity, I can only conclude that the fourth term will best help solve our postwar problems...
This week not even U.S. Lines knew what the Navy would pay for their pet ship. But one thing they did know: in ships, bigness does not beget profits...
...philosophers deviously have their days. Absent-minded Philosopher Georg W. F. Hegel innocently begot a dialectic, which begot Marx's socialism, which begot V. I. Lenin, who begot a revolution that made "practical" men tremble in their boots. Russell and Reiser hope that their logic, too, will somehow beget a revolution...
...Private soldiers must learn Indian-fighting methods which beget fewer casualties than Light Brigade charges...