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Examples
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How are we ever to progress as a nation when local political wrangling and paper-pushing stand in the way of common sense action?
Is Southold Holding up Wind Power at Shinn Estate Vineyards? 2009
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And paper-pushing education isn't necessarily the kind of education you need--something America forgets with its neglect of serious vocational training.
Ian Fletcher: A Review of Ha-Joon Chang's 23 Things They Don't Tell You About Capitalism Ian Fletcher 2011
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With the advent of ‘voter advocacy’ groups like ACORN, this is not longer just a paper-pushing position.
Sooo… I guess we’re waiting on the press conferences, then. - Moe_Lane’s blog - RedState 2009
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From where Gladwell sees it, Wagoner saved GM, not Rattner and his paper-pushing cohorts.
Yvette Kantrow: Making it Yvette Kantrow 2010
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And paper-pushing education isn't necessarily the kind of education you need--something America forgets with its neglect of serious vocational training.
Ian Fletcher: A Review of Ha-Joon Chang's 23 Things They Don't Tell You About Capitalism Ian Fletcher 2011
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He was a new addition to the rebel ranks: a paper-pushing bureaucrat.
Libya Rebels Make Gains Near Capital Charles Levinson 2011
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It is easy to characterize public servants as paper-pushing bureaucrats.
Max Stier: Federal Workers Play Key Roles for the Nation 2010
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It is easy to characterize public servants as paper-pushing bureaucrats.
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The pressuring of middle-class young people into officebound, paper-pushing jobs is cruelly shortsighted.
Notable 2010
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It is easy to characterize public servants as paper-pushing bureaucrats.
Max Stier: Federal Workers Play Key Roles for the Nation 2010
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