The general consensus is that Apple will survive no matter what befalls its boss.

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So how did it buck the trend that befalls the majority of startups?

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Such is the sorry fate that befalls Wade (Nate Hartley) and Ryan (Troy Gentile) on their first day of school.

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But they are clearly waiting, with the rest of Northern Ireland and the governments in London and Dublin, to see what befalls David Trimble this Saturday.

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We're just wondering whether GameStop will catch a few customers subscribing as they pick up their Diablo III pre-orders or else face the uncertain future that befalls many MVNOs.

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When this fate befalls 14-year-old Molly, her 8-year-old sister Daisy and Gracie, their 10-year-old cousin, the oldest girl, who is not one for hesitation or self-doubt, promptly incites the younger two to escape with her.

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If a calamity (whether human-created or, as insurance companies like to say, an "act of God") befalls your household, your data will be safe in a sanctuary far, far away and not melted on that physical, external hard drive next to that poor old computer we've been trying to save!

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Clinton and Gore should be under no illusion: Whether fairly or not, they will be held accountable if, as a result of a failure to ensure that both the public and private sectors are induced to take corrective action on the Millennium Bug -- and helped to acquire the means to do so -- a long-predicted, well-understood and utterly avoidable cataclysm befalls the Nation, its people and interests.

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